Battle of Kafir Qala

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Battle of Kafir Qala
Date June 1818 Location Kafir Qala, Afghanistan Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Qajar Iran	Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dowlatshah Mirza Abdul Wahhab Khan Faiz Ali Khan	Fateh Khan Barakzai  (WIA) Sher dil Khan Barakzai Kohandil Khan Barakzai Sher Mohammad Hazara Mohammad Khan Qaraei-Torbati

The Battle of Kafir Qala (Persian: نبرد کافر قلعه, romanized: Nabard-e Kāfir Qal'ah) was fought in June 1818 between Iran and the Durrani Empire.

The Persians had captured Herat in 1816 but were forced to abandon it when the Afghans resisted the occupation of the city with an intense guerrilla war on the countryside. In 1818 the Persian Shah, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, sent his son Prince Mohammad Ali Mirza, known as Dowlatshah, with a huge Persian army to recapture Herat. The Persians marched from Khorasan and met the Afghan army shortly after crossing the border in the town of Kafir Qala.