Talk:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 12:12, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that the British diplomatic mission in Kabul has been withdrawn twice; once during the 1928-29 civil war and once following the 1989 withdrawal of Soviet troops? "the departure of the British embassy in January 1989 remembered events, which had played out almost exactly sixty years before in February 1929 ... the legation returned to Kabul in 1930" from: Drephal, Maximilian (25 September 2019). Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy: The British Legation in Kabul, 1922–1948. Springer Nature. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-030-23960-2.
- ALT1:... that the British Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon decreed that the British diplomatic mission in Kabul "should be one of the finest Residences in Asia"? "In late 1921, George Nathaniel Curzon ... then foreign secretary, decreed that the Legation building 'should be one of the finest Residences in Asia'" from: Drephal, Maximilian (25 September 2019). Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy: The British Legation in Kabul, 1922–1948. Springer Nature. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-030-23960-2.
- ALT2:... that the British embassy in Kabul was handed over to Pakistan in 1994?"In 1994 the British government handed over the abandoned embassy buildings to its owner, and one of its postcolonial successor states in South Asia, the government of Pakistan" from: Drephal, Maximilian (25 September 2019). Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy: The British Legation in Kabul, 1922–1948. Springer Nature. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-030-23960-2.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:10, 7 July 2021 (UTC).
- Reviewing, new enough, interesting, reads well, please check some of reference parameter changes. QPQ provided. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:08, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
...No copyvio issues, Hooks in article followed by inline citations to reference containing all three hook facts. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
