<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Umncintiswano wawukhula njalo e-Asia Ephakathi eMdlalweni Omkhulu wangasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19. IRussia yayifuna amatheku asemanzini afudumele oLwandlekazi i - Indian kuyilapho iBrithani yayifuna ukuvimbela amabutho aseRussia ukuba athole indlela yokungena eNdiya. Ngo-1885 iRussia yanqoba ingxenye ye-Afghanistan ePanjdeh, okwabangela ukwesaba impi. Ngemva kokuqeda cishe  <response>: Ukunqoba kweRussia i-Asia Ephakathi iRussian Turkestan amaRussia athatha inqaba yomngcele wase-Afghanistan. Ebona usongo eNdiya, iBrithani yacishe yasongela ngempi kodwa zombili izinhlangothi zahoxa futhi indaba yaxazululwa ngezindlela zokuxhumana. Umphumela wawuwukumisa ukunwetshwa okwengeziwe kweRussia e-Asia, ngaphandle kwezintaba zasePamir nokuchaza umngcele osenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Afghanistan. Nokho, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uNikolay Girs kanye nenxusa lakhe eLondon uBaron de Staal ngo-1887 bamisa indawo eyisivikelo e-Asia Ephakathi. Ngaleyondlela, ezombusazwe zaseRussia zathola ukwamukelwa kweBrithani ngokunganaki kokwanda kwayo. IPheresiya nayo yayiyindawo yokungezwani, kodwa ngaphandle kwempi. 