Maiwand
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thumb|Royal Horse Artillery fleeing from Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand, painting by Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1883) Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Maiwand District
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thumb|Royal Horse Artillery fleeing from Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand, painting by Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1883) Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road.
The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maiwand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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