proceeded to saw their heads off with a blunt sword. Unfortunately for the king, a British officer stumbled upon the executions, and a few weeks later, this spread to the Bengal newspaper, full of the gory details of events that had occurred. Capture of Ghazni and March to Kabul (23 July-6 August 1839) With Keane's arrival to Ghazni, he did not expect it to be so well fortified, making him regret leaving his heavy siege weaponry behind in Kandahar. However, the British were aided by Sardar ’Abd al-Rashid, a grandson of Pur Dil Khan. al-Rashid provided key information about the defences of the city of Ghazni, where he identified the Kabul gate as the weakest and best available point for British forces to strike. Keane ordered an attack on the Kabul gate in the dark of night, with a diversion using bombardment and a feint by Infantry on the other side of the wall. Sapping parties laid down charges and blew down the gate, where they stormed the fort, successfully capturing it with around 200 British killed and wounded, compared to around 500 Afghans killed. When Afzal Khan heard of the fall of Ghazni, he returned to Kabul, abandoning his baggage and camp animals. While the southern force from Kandahar led its expedition, Wade led different tactics to undermine Dost Mohammad's position from Peshawar, building a covert spy network into Dost Mohammad's administration and family. One such was Ghulam Khan, a confidential news writer who was paid by Wade 40,000 rupees to raise and incite rebellions in the regions of Kohistan and Logar. However, Dost Mohammad's spies caught onto the plan, this led to the arrest of Ghulam Khan. Ghulam Khan, however, escaped hidden under a Burqa, fleeing to Tagab. The populations of Tagab, and the Koh Daman however, were reluctant to rebel, with earlier memories of the destruction brought by Dost Mohammad in other campaigns under the Durranis. The situation however, changed, with many prominent Sardars begun to defect to Shah Shuja's side, this allowed the prominent sardars there to raise an army, also offered 8,000 rupees as a starting incentive by Ghulam Khan. in Mid July, Ghulam Khan set out for Kabul at the head his raised army. As with this, Dost Mohammad's situation continued to grow worse and worse, with Keane and the rebellion from Kohistan now marching on Kabul, and Ghazni having fallen, Dost Mohammad had