Jada-e Maiwand or Jadah-i Maiwand (, ''Maiwand Road'') is a major thoroughfare in the old center of

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. The wide boulevard was built around 1948 as a modern main road cutting through the cluttered ancient alleyways. Although Kabul city has widely expanded since then, Jada-e Maiwand continues to be a go-to shopping place for many residents, for it has anything the city has and links to plenty of old bazaars and markets, such as Mandawi and ''Ka Foroshi'' (Bird Market).

Name

The avenue is named after the 1880

Battle of Maiwand The Battle of Maiwand (Dari: نبرد میوند, Pashto: د ميوند جگړه), fought on 27 July 1880, was one of the principal battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Under the leadership of Ayub Khan, the Afghan forces defeated a much sma ...

, when the Afghans were victorious over the British in 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 ...

. A victory monument was built at a circle in Maiwand Road in 1959.

History

Kabul during civil war of fundamentalists 1993-2

Maiwand Road was almost completely destroyed by 1994 due to the

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

, being one of the worst damaged areas. Since the 2000s it has been rebuilt and become a busy commercial district once again.

War memorial

The Minaret of the Unknown Corps () commemorates the Afghan lives that were lost in the battle of 1880. It is named as such because the identities of many of the martyrs remained unknown. The blue minaret was built in the middle of the

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on Maiwand Road. The memorial was destroyed during the Battle of Kabul (1992-96). It was rebuilt by 2005.

References

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