{"id":120336,"date":"2016-01-02T02:26:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T02:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/02\/the-second-afghan-war-brought-honors-and-promotion\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T01:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T01:32:01","slug":"the-second-afghan-war-brought-honors-and-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/02\/the-second-afghan-war-brought-honors-and-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-120336 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/02\/the-second-afghan-war-brought-honors-and-promotion\/attachment\/120337\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tumblr_o0azu9XLdP1rftii4o1_400-1-150x150.gif\" 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But for me it meant nothing but misfortune and disaster. I returned to England with my health irretrievably ruined and my future bleak. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are drained.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Afghan War brought honors and promotion to many. But for me it meant nothing but misfortune and disaster. I returned to England with my health irretrievably ruined and my future bleak. 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