wielding too much power for himself. Aminullah Khan Logari was further interested in the Machinations against Macnaghten, as his prior agreement was to work with the British to defeat Akbar Khan. Yet as with the news of the British plan to essentially lure him and his forces out just for Akbar Khan to annihilate them. This also spread to the Ghilzais who had supplied the cantonment. By the next morning, all factions were united by anger and hatred against Macnaghten's betrayal. Assassination of Macnaghten and Trevor (23 December 1841) It was not until the early morning of 23 December that Macnaghten then informed his political officers and military high command of the deal struck with Akbar Khan. Macnaghten also informed them that they arranged another meeting before deciding to assault on Qal'a-yi Mahmud Khan, the stronghold of Aminullah Khan Logari. Everybody had condemned the envoy and Macnaghten was warned that the meeting was a trap. Lieutenant Colin Mackenzie warned the envoy that he had been tricked. Macnaghten replied with "let me alone for that, trust me for that". General Elphinstone was also alarmed and wrote to Macnaghten asking him for what guarantees he had from Akbar Khan that he would not be betrayed in this meeting. As for Mohan Lal, he also informed Macnaghten that it was a trap, yet Macnaghten ignored such warnings, believing he had the upper hand. Macnaghten felt so confident in his plan that he went with a handful of officers and not a proper military escort. Before leaving the cantonment, he informed Shelton to draw up two regiments outside the cantonment. Ostensibly this was to be as backup, however the real intentions were to use the regiments to march on Qal'a-yi Mahmud Khan once the meeting with Akbar Khan ended. Shelton however, did not wish to party such a disgraceful trick against Aminullah Khan Logari. As a result, he told Macnaghten that he was unable to draw up the troops due to them being too busy with preparing for evacuation, as well as how they could never mobilize both regiments in such short amount of time. In the end, the regiments were never assembled, which according to Jonathan Lee, may have led Akbar Khan to believe that Macnaghten and the British were themselves planning to double-cross him. Akbar Khan's choice of meeting place was a small isolated hillock beside the Kabul river, which would be