'Murcha Pass, from top of the Durrani gate', 1880 (c)

Photograph by Benjamin Simpson (1831-1923), 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1880 (c).

The Murcha Pass linked the Kandahar Plain with the Urgundab valley. During the Battle of Kandahar on 1 September 1880 it was the scene of fierce fighting between Ayub Khan's tribesmen and General Sir Hugh Gough's Cavalry Brigade.

From an album of 34 photographs.