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1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

in Afghanistan. Although diplomatic relations with Germany and

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are maintained, the relations of Afghanistan with the Allied Powers become more intimate. The country is dependent for its essential imports on India, the U.S.S.R., and the United States.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Mohammad Zahir Shah * Prime Minister – Mohammad Hashim Khan

January 1944

Gen.

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visits Kabul as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal representative.

March 1944

The Afghan ambassador and Chinese minister in Ankara conclude a lengthy negotiation with the signing of a treaty of friendship establishing diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries.

References

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