Maiwand

Province

Maiwand is a village in the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan and is located about 80 km west of Kandahar Provinzhauptadt.

In the battle of Maiwand Maiwand took place on 27 July 1880 in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The Afghans added under the leadership of Ayub Khan the British one of the greatest defeats in its history to the 969 British soldiers died.

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