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Iran foreign relations under the Qajar dynasty constitutes a controversial debate of this era. Within the framework of the Great Game Iran was included, for the first time, in international politics. Consequently, Qajar’s fragile, though constructive, foreign action on micro and macro levels was heavily influenced by the Great Game. On a micro level, Qajar’s relations with Afghanistan within the framework of Russo-British Great Game could be studied. Due to the geopolitical significance of Iran for the Great Game and the constant challenge to the Qajars that came from Afghanistan, the current article has been informed by Games Theory and utilized descriptive-analytical method to find answer to the question as to what extent did the Russo-British rivalry within the framework of the Great Game contribute to the fragility of Qajar-Afghan relations during 1794-1856? Research hypothesis states that one of the main reasons for the fragility and strenuous relations between the Qajar dynasty and Afghanistan was the conspiracy and machinations, threats and pressures on the part of Britain and Russia in the format of the Great Game. The facts that corroborate such claim are: 1) Russo-British political, security and economic rivalries in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia; 2) Russo-Iranian Wars; 3) Political pacts signed between Iran and Qajar rulers against their Afghan counterparts; 4) The role of Britain in Iran-Afghanistan wars, and 5) The political independence of Afghanistan from Iran.