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arrangements for 'tarbiyyat' and training of the Ahmadis living in Kabul. He was sent to Kabul in 1919 on this mission. As it was feared that he may not be safe from the hostility' and malice of Mullahs and the ignorant public in Afghanistan he was asked to go about his business without undue exposure and to confine his activities to the education and 'tarbiyyat' of Ahmadis. He was also asked not to get involved in debates. Accordingly, in a room ·that he hired where others could assemble for religious education without undue exposure he embarked on the task of education and 'tarbiyyat'. During this period the Kabul regime made a proclamation granting complete religious freedom. It was announced that King Amaanulla Khan had himself declared that Afghanistan had become a modern state where no one would be harassed or harmed due to his faith and everyone would be free to choose, practice and propagate his faith. As the proclamation was in exact accord with Islamic teachings it was sincerely acclaimed in India and elsewhere. When Hadhrat Khaleefa-tul-Maseeh II (MAPH) learned of this proclamation he wrote to Hadhrat Mulla Neymatulla and told him that henceforth he may work openly. For further satisfaction he was instructed to approach the Kabul regime and seek confirmation. In August 1919 an Afghan delegation led by Mahmood Tarzi former Ambassador to Paris who was then Foreign Minister of Afghanistan arrived in Mansoori (India) to negotiate a peace treaty with the British. Hadhrat Khaleefa-tul-Maseeh II (MAPH) despatched Naik Mohammad Khan Ghaznavi, an Afghan national who had emigrated to and settled in Qadian, to Mansoori. He was 115