Persian: چهار آسیاب ''Chahār Aasiāb''
Char Asiab, Chahar Asiab, Charasiab, Charasiah or Charasia is a town, ca. south of
Kabul
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...
in the
Char Asiab District
Char Asiab District (, ''Chār Āsiāb''
Char Asiab, Chahar Asiab, Charasiab, Charasiah or Charasia) is a district, approximately 11 km (7 miles) south of the city of Kabul, and is situated in the southern part of Kabul province, Afghanistan ...
.
It was the site of the
Battle of Charasiab in 6 October 1879 and the
Second Battle of Charasiab on 25 April 1880
[A Short History of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers] during the
Second Anglo-Afghan War
The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dy ...
.
References
Kabul Province
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