Raised in December 1846, the Guides would go on to build a reputation for bravery, innovation, and loyalty, fighting in key campaigns such as the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War, the Afghan Wars, and both World Wars.
Disaster in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul
So when, upon waking on Sunday morning (Sunday 15th August, 2021), I saw that it now looked inevitable that the Taliban were about to capture Kabul and 'win' the war I decided that I had to make a short film looking at the last time Britain was forced to ignominiously leave Kabul - in 1842.
