Afghanistan celebrates 94th Independence Day Aug 19,2013

President Hamid Karzai and cabinet members attended a parade today to mark the event, which commemorates the day Afghanistan signed a treaty with Britain in 1919 making it independent.

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The day dawned with a 21-cannon salute from the Ministry of Defence in Kabul before President Hamid Karzai laid a floral wreath on the Freedom Monument

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Afghanistan won freedom from the United Kingdom 94 years ago on Aug 19,1919 during former King Ghazi Amanullah Khan's rule