The soldiers were killed near Maiwand, a name meaning nothing to most people. But near that dusty village, on 27 July, 1880, during the bloody Second Afghan War, the British Empire suffered one of the ...

The pen of the writers and the lens of the media conventionally present Pashtun women as weak, fragile, subjugated by men and cut-off from the world. These titles might be true upto some extent, but ...

In November 1878, Britain, for a second time in 40 years, declared war on Afghanistan. A year later, Britain decided to dismember Afghanistan once and for all. As per the plan, Herat and Seistan ...

A side note on the story of Dr. Watson and Afghanistan: Watson was wounded at the Battle of Maiwand, which was a disaster for the British forces. Maiwand also gave the Empire Bobbie, the dog hero, who ...

IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army. Having completed my studies ...

Sir: The battle of Maiwand was one of the principal battles of the second Anglo-Afghan War, fought on July 27, 1880, between the Afghans and British India’s troops. In the battle, the Afghans, under ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...