Peiwar Pass
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.
"Guns captured at the Peiwar Kotal and parked at Kohat" photograph by John Burke (photographer) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
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
- Battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Battle of Peiwar Kotal
- Kurram Valley
- Loya Paktia
- Parachinar
References
- Library of Congress
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