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Peiwar Pass

Coordinates: 33°58′9″N 69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E / 33.96917; 69.87250
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Peiwar Pass
"Guns captured at the Peiwar Kotal and parked at Kohat" photograph by John Burke (photographer) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
LocationAfghanistanPakistan border
RangeHindu Kush
Coordinates33°58′9″N 69°52′21″E / 33.96917°N 69.87250°E / 33.96917; 69.87250
Peiwar Pass is located in Afghanistan
Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass
Location of Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Peiwar Pass is located in FATA
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Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass (FATA)
Peiwar Pass is located in Pakistan
Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass (Pakistan)
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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.

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