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Peiwar Pass

Coordinates: 33°58′09″N 69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E / 33.96917; 69.87250
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"Guns captured at the Peiwar Kotal and parked at Kohat" photograph by John Burke (photographer) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

The Peiwar Kotal Pass, also spelled Paywar, is a mountain pass that connects Paktia Province in Afghanistan to Kurram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Peiwar Kotal was the site of a battle in late November 1878 between British forces under Sir Frederick Roberts. Roberts outmaneuvered Afghan forces under an unknown commander and secured a British victory and control of the pass.[1]

See also

33°58′09″N 69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E / 33.96917; 69.87250

References

  1. ^ Library of Congress


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