The Peiwar Kotal Pass, also spelled Paywar, is a mountain pass in the Kurram Valley that connects Paktia ProvinceinAfghanistantoKurram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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"Guns captured at the Peiwar Kotal and parked at Kohat" photograph by John Burke (photographer) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
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| 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]
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