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The First Anglo–Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during The Great Game, the Nineteenth Century competition for territory and influence between Great Britain and Russia, and also marked one of the major losses of the British after the consolidation of India by the British East India Company From the British point of view, the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–42) (often called "Auckland's Folly") was an unmitigated disaster.