Battle of Ahmed Khel

Battle of Ahmed Khel

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Ahmed Khel
partof=Second Anglo-Afghan War


caption=Map of the battlefield
date=April 19, 1880
place=Ahmed Khel, Afghanistan
result=British Victory
combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom British Empire
combatant2=Afghanistan
commander1=flagicon|United Kingdom Sir Donald Martin Stewart
commander2=Unknown
strength1=7,200 Anglo-Indian troops
strength2=15,000 tribal warriors
casualties1=141
17 dead
124 wounded
casualties2=Around 1,700
The Battle of Ahmed Khel was fought in April 1880 and ended in a British Victory. This battle occurred during General Donald Stewart's march from Kandahar to Ghazni, then on to Kabul.


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