Peiwar Pass

Mountain pass on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border

Peiwar Pass

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Peiwar Pass (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

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Peiwar Pass (FATA)

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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]

See also

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

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Mountain passes of Pakistan

Geography of Pakistan

On the border

Afghanistan	Broghol Dorah Pass Gomal Pass Khyber Pass Peiwar Pass
China	Khunjerab Pass Kilik Pass Mintaka Pass Mustagh Pass

In the interior

• Babusar Pass
• Bashkaro Pass
• Bolan Pass
• Chaprot Pass
• Gondogoro Pass
• Hayal Pass
• Hispar Pass
• Karakar Pass
• Khojak Pass
• Kohat Pass
• Lowari Pass
• Malakand Pass
• Naltar Pass
• Shandur Pass

• Landforms of Pakistan

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