Gandamak

Province

Gandamak is a place in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. The city is located in the northeast of the country on the road from Peshawar to Kabul at an altitude of 1302 meters above sea level. It has about 10,000 inhabitants.

During the First Anglo - Afghan War, the Battle of Gandamak took place in its vicinity between British troops and Afghans on January 13, 1842.

The Treaty of Gandamak was on May 26, 1879 closed here during the Second Anglo - Afghan War between Britain and Afghanistan.