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THE GATE AT JALALABAD The End of the First Afghan War On 6 January 1842, a column of 16,500 people, 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 civilians, departed the British garrison at Kabul under a negotiated withdrawal agreement. Seven days later, a single figure appeared on the plain before the walls of Jalalabad: Dr. William Brydon, army surgeon, riding a dying pony, a sword wound in his skull. He was the only one.