Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Panjdeh Incident (e mohiotia ana i roto i te hitori o Ruhia ko te Pakanga o Kushka) he pakanga patu i waenga i te Emirate o Afghanistan me te Russian Empire i te tau 1885 i arahi ki te raru taapori i waenga i te Emepara o Ingarangi me te Emepara o Ruhia na te whanaketanga o Ruhia ki te tonga-rawhiti ki te Emirate o Afghanistan me te Raj o Ingarangi (India). I muri i te otinga tata o te
Russian conquest of Central Asia (Russian Turkestan) i riro i nga Ruhia tetahi pa tuawhenua o Afghanistan, e whakawehi ana i nga paanga o Ingarangi i te rohe. I te kitenga o te whakawehi ki Inia, i whakareri a Ingarangi mo te pakanga engari i hoki whakamuri nga taha e rua ana ka whakatauhia te take ma te whakawhitiwhiti korero. Ko te hua o tenei kaupapa ko te aukati i te whanaketanga o Ruhia i Ahia, haunga nga Maunga Pamir me te tautuhi i te rohe raki-hauauru o Afghanistan.