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Events on Wednesday 1 September 1880 1
1880Battle of KandaharBritish victory ends the Second Anglo-Afghan WarA British-Indian relief force under General Frederick Roberts decisively defeated Ayub Khan's army at Kandahar on 1 September 1880. The victory avenged the earlier defeat at Maiwand and effectively ended major fighting in the war. British troops withdrew from most of Afghanistan soon after.