 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - White akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru musi wa 10 Ndira 1837 uye kuva lieutenant-colonel mu3rd Light Dragoons musi wa 13 Zvita 1839. White akapiwa basa rokutungamirira uto raSir George Pollock munguva yokupinda kweAfghanistan muna 1842. Mauto aWhite akabatsira kumanikidza Khyber Pass, kutora nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeJagdalak, kukunda mauto eAfghan kuTezin nekutora Haft Kotal. Varume vake vakanga variwo rutivi rwevarwi veBritain muKabul. Pasinei nokurasikirwa kweBritain uye kubviswa kweBritain, White akakurudzirwa kugadzwa seShamwari yeOrder yeBhati, iyo yakapiwa muna 1843, nokuda kwemabasa ake muhondo uye yakagamuchirawo menduru. 