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1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

in Afghanistan.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Habibullah Khan

Events

The ''amir'' maintained his neutrality in World War I, and the state did not become involved in the troubles of Persia. At the end of the year information was published concerning a German mission sent to Afghanistan in the previous year. It appeared that

Kaiser Wilhelm Kaiser Wilhelm is a common reference to two German emperors: * Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797–1888) * Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941) Kaiser Wilhelm may also refer to: * Kaiser Wilhelm (baseball) (1874–1936), early 20th century bas ...

had sent a German officer, Lieut.

Werner Otto von Hentig Werner Otto von Hentig (22 May 1886, Berlin, Germany – 8 August 1984, Lindesnes, Norway) was a German Army Officer, adventurer and diplomat from Berlin. When still only a 25 year old lieutenant he was commissioned by the Kaiser to lead an exp ...

, accompanied by certain Indian revolutionaries who lived in Berlin, on a mission to the ''amir'', with the object of inducing him to attack India. The members of the mission succeeded in making their way through Persia, by breaking up into small parties, and they remained in Afghanistan nearly a year. Nevertheless, the ''amir'' refused the Turco-German proposals, and after the mission left Afghanistan in May 1916, some of the members were captured by the Russians and British as they were trying to get back to Turkey. {{Year in Asia, 1916 Afghanistan Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Afghanistan 1910s in Afghanistan