Maiwand


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.
Maiwand is the birthplace of the Sufi saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar of Sehwan Sharif. The village is also notable for the Battle of Maiwand, which took place on July 27, 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
Ayub Khan together with Malalai Anaa defeated a British brigade under General Burrows.