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The retreating British army consisted of approximately 4, 500 troops ( of which only 690 were European ) and 12, 000 camp followers.

During a series of attacks by Afghan warriors, all Europeans but one, William Brydon, were killed on the march back to India ; a few Indian soldiers survived also and crossed into India later.

The British curbed their ambitions in Afghanistan following this humiliating retreat from Kabul.