by madguru | Jul 1, 2021 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
Below are 4 newfound photos of NWF Tribal Flags, dating I believe from the late 1890s. The first two show Sikh soldiers with captured flags. The third is labelled: “A GROUP OF MISHWANIS AMID THE RUINS OF SIRIKOT FORT” and the fourth “A GROUP OF...
by madguru | Jul 27, 2020 | Afghan Regular Army, Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
Welcome to the new version of Maiwand Day. Today, July 27th 2020, is the 140th Maiwand Day. The 140th Anniversary of the 1880 battle. After ten years maintaining MaiwandDay on blogger.com, I am migrating to this website of my own here at MaiwandDay.com. My older...
by madguru | Dec 24, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
A couple of weeks ago while Googling for images of 19th Century Afghan bridges (well, everyone has their own idea of fun!) I stumbled across a somewhat amazing discovery: an October 2001 article from Boston Univesity’s “Bridge” newspaper, about a...
