I wonder if he was their ‘liberal political’ officer.
>>>>>>>>>> Then the civil officer, Macnaughten by name, to [183] whom the generals had to look for orders, resolved to negotiate with the enemy. The Afghan chiefs made delay after delay, but at last, on December 11, they agreed to a treaty. Twelve days afterwards, when Macnaughten rode out from Cabul to have a conference with the chiefs, he was seized and murdered. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=english3&story=pass
No word on if they CUT HIS HEAD OFF. What do you think? I’ll bet they did.
Or perhaps he was just their bravest conservative. They must have still had liberals in command, because they still wanted to talk.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Still, even after this, the English officers went on negotiating. They thought that they could neither remain in Cabul nor force their way back to India, and that therefore nothing could be done but accept the terms which the enemy offered them. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
They raised the white flag... And tried to flee in the dead of winter...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Briefly, these were that they were to evacuate the country, and, in consideration of this, were to be allowed to return unhurt, with their arms and property. On January 6, 1842, a bitterly cold day, with the snow lying deep on their road, all that was left of the British army, with the women and children that belonged to them, left the city. There were 4500 men in all, of whom 690 were Europeans, an army quite strong enough to hold its own even then, if it had been well commanded. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<