Battle of Kabul
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The Battle of Kabul was a month-long siege that pitted the Allied forces under Marshal Archibald Sugiyama against the Imperial forces under Marshal Mạc Hiếu Quang. The battle called for Quang to attempt to force Sugiyama out of the capital region and prevent any incursions at the northern provinces in along the Afghania-Pakistania border.
Following the Allies failed push into Pakistania a month prior, Quang moved to his next objective of slowly forcing Sugiyama to retreat across the Middle East by means of eliminating Sugiyama's forces in the north just at the Afghanian capital of Kabul. However, Sugiyama decided to dig-in at Kabul and commencing small-scale destructions and scorched-earth policies that relegated the Imperials to fight him in a war of attrition. By the time the battle began, the Imperials did not expect the wide-scale of destruction that Sugiyama had prepared. The rubble denied Quang's opportunity to send Duyen and his armoured forces, and in addition, the infantry were forced to fight for control of every street and every building. The battle had also been known to be called as Little Aleppa.
Quang had attempted to encircle Sugiyama at every turn during the siege but largely failed thanks in part to the actions of the Taoyuanese forces under General Song Li-jen.By the time that the ERUAC forces under General Brian Regnitz commenced Operation Black Spear in 19 October, Quang was forced to call-off the siege in a bid to prevent the ERUAC thrust towards the border.