Peiwar Pass
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Peiwar Pass | |
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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 | |
Location | Afghanistan–Pakistan border |
Range | Hindu Kush |
Coordinates | 33°58′9″N 69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E |
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The Peiwar Kotal Pass, also spelled Paywar, is a mountain pass in the Kurram Valley that connects Paktia Province in Afghanistan to Kurram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
In November 1878, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Peiwar Kotal was the site of a battle between British-led forces under Sir Frederick Roberts and Afghan forces. Roberts outmaneuvered the Afghans and secured a British victory and control of the pass.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Byron Farwell. Queen Victoria's Little Wars. pp. 203–204. Published Allen Lane, London. 1973. ISBN 0713904577.