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.

Peiwar Pass
"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 / 33.96917; 69.87250
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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

• Battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Battle of Peiwar Kotal
• Kurram Valley
• Loya Paktia
• Parachinar

References

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