Strategic outcomes in Central Asia: A Surgeon’s Perspective

David Rew, Consultant General Surgeon

Ali Masjid is the site of a small fort at the narrowest point in the Khyber Pass, some 10 miles to the East of Landi Kotal at the frontier between the Khyber Agency and Afghanistan. It sits high in the dry, rocky and barren foothills of the Himalyas at an altitude of almost 1000 metres. It hosted the first battle of the Second Anglo Afghan war, where Lt General Sir Samuel James Browne defeated Ghulam Haider Khan in a messy encounter on 21st November 1878. The rock faces along the Gorge are painted with the insignia of many famous British Regiments that passed through.

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