6 NOVEMBER 1886, Page 3

'The destruction of a Douranee regiment in Afghanistan by the

Ghilzais, if it has really occurred, would imply a formidable rising in the kingdom. It would mean that the second clan in Afghanistan was again ready to try conclusions with the first, from which the Ameer springs. They are always unfriendly at heart, and if the people are overtaxed, may show their unfriend- liness. It is, however, by no means certain that the story is anything but a Candaharee exaggeration of an attack upon a treasure-party, which, though successful for a moment, has been punished.