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Jada-e Maiwand

Jada-e Maiwand

Road in Kabul, Afghanistan

Jada-e Maiwand or Jadah-i Maiwand (Dari: جاده میوند, Maiwand Road) is a major thoroughfare in the old center of Kabul, Afghanistan.[1] The wide boulevard was built around 1948 as a modern main road cutting through the cluttered ancient alleyways.[2] 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, when the Afghans were victorious over the British in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. A victory monument was built at a circle in Maiwand Road in 1959.[3]

History

Maiwand Road in 1966
The circle at Maiwand Road in 1993 following the destruction caused by the Afghan Civil War

Maiwand Road was almost completely destroyed by 1994 due to the Civil War, being one of the worst damaged areas.[4] Since the 2000s it has been rebuilt and become a busy commercial district once again.[5]

War memorial

The Minaret of the Unknown Corps (Dari: منار سپاهی گمنام) 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 circle on Maiwand Road. The memorial was destroyed during the Battle of Kabul (1992-96). It was rebuilt by 2005.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jadayi Maiwand". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. [2]
    "War and peace".
  3. [3]
    "Qissa Khwani: "Here lies the Victor of Maiwand"". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. [4]
    "Former Afghan King Returns to Kabul". Associated Press.
  5. [5]
    The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power by Tariq Ali
  6. [6]
    https://www.kabulnath.de/Schankar%20Dara/Minare%20Chakari/Ischer%20Dass/Ba%20Amamat%20Mordom%20Namaz%20kon.htm
  7. [7]
    حرف های مردم: سپاهی گمنام. BBC Nazer (in Pashto). 13 September 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
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