Peiwar Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Peiwar Pass

| other_name = Kurram Pass

| photo = Guns Captured at the Peiwar Kotal. Parked at Kohat WDL11488.png

| photo_caption = "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

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| map = Afghanistan#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#FATA#Pakistan

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| label_position = bottom

| map_caption = Location of Kurram Pass

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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. It is also known as Kurram pass.

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.{{Cite book|author= Byron Farwell.|title=Queen Victoria's Little Wars|pages=203–204. Published Allen Lane, London. 1973|ISBN=0713904577}}