Show Pretender Throne Throna Fights for Afghan I KARACHI INDIA INDA Tension Afghanistan and Pakistan Pak PakIstan between en i claim culm claimant is la tightening as a ant to the Afghan throne conn tines his WI attempts to raise an army in the troubled tribal i area between the two semi semi- 1 hostile Moslem nations i The claimant is Amin Jan JaR whose brother Amanullah va va- sated the throne in 1029 1929 and 1 now lives In Italy Amin Jan wants to replace the present king Zahir Shah and figures i an army might help Amin Jan is German German edu edu educated and has an English wife He lie was arrested in Peshawar following his brothers brother's abdication tion and was deported by the British to Rangoon Later he was was transferred to the bad Jails He lie was released ini in i 1948 and aU allowed owed to proceed to tor toI Pakistan I r He lie already had bad made one start on an expedition to Kabul Ka Ka- Kabul bul Afghanistan's capital But Dut Butt Duton Buton on reaching the border he t I found the number of irregulars i tribesmen tribesmen had had dwindled dwindled dwin dwin- died to 30 Amin Jan called the expedition off oft The major result was to stir I up a new dispute between Pakistan Pakistan Pak Pak- and Afghanistan already i arguing over control of the tribal belt stretching along the frontier Kabul radio complained that I Pakistan was backing Amin Jan Pakistan replied that itI It I had warned the Afghans about his activities and urged tribesmen tribesmen tribesmen tribes tribes- men not to join him Observers here however declare that Pakistan would be pleased to se see Amin on the throne |