Siege of Kunar Khas 1945
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1945 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | World War II era (1939–1945) | derived from year |
| Location | Afghanistan | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kingdom of Afghanistan, Mohmand, Safi | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 34.6382, 70.8675 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Siege of Kunar Khas was a military engagement during the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947.
Before the onset of World War II, the Afghan government established military posts on the east bank of the Kunar river, which the Mohmand tribe had never approved of. In 1944, Afghan tribal revolts erupted, and by the end of July 1945 the rebels were on the offensive. It was in this context that the Mohmands saw a good opportunity to finally liquidate the garrison at Kunar Khas.
The siege began in late August 1945, with a mixed lashkar of roughly 1,500–2,000 Safi and Mohmand tribesmen surrounding a garrison of about 400 loyalist troops on the east bank of the Kunar River. Cut off from communication and supply, and with the river unbridged, government forces found themselves in a precarious position. Ramadan helped limit wider tribal mobilization, but the threat of a cascading insurgency across the Eastern Province and beyond pushed Kabul into urgent appeals for British Indian assistance.
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