Peiwar Pass

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Peiwar Pass
Kurram 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 AfghanistanPakistan border
Range Hindu Kush
Coordinates 33°58′9″N69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E / 33.96917; 69.87250
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Location of Kurram Pass
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Peiwar Pass (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
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Peiwar Pass

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. It is also known as Kurram Pass.

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]

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References

  1. Byron Farwell. Queen Victoria's Little Wars. pp. 203–204. Published Allen Lane, London. 1973. ISBN   0713904577.