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Battle of Jalalabad
- When
- 1842
- Where
- Jalalabad
British troops defeated an Afghan force led by Wazir Akbar Khan during the siege of Jalalabad in 1842.
The isolated British outpost at Jalalabad, situated about 90 miles east of Kabul, was besieged by Afghan forces following the January 1842 retreat from Kabul. The garrison, sent from Kabul in October 1841, held out until relief forces arrived from India in spring 1842, securing a victory against Wazir Akbar Khan's troops.
Sources
- Battle of Jalalabad (1842) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
- First Anglo-Afghan War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
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