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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
|date=6 October 1879
|location=Caharasyab, Kabul, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.416292,69.133499&z=14&t=h&hl=en 34.416292°N 69.133499°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[[Frederick Roberts|Lt Gen Frederick Roberts]]
|commander2=Nek Mohammed Khan
|strength1=3,800 British & Indian troops
|strength2=12,000 Regular Afghan troops & tribesmen
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 2nd Afghan War 1878-80] The British Empire<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/index.php 2nd Anglo-Afghan War] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/regiments.php Regiments in the 2nd Afghan War] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/charasia.htm Charasia 1879] The British Empire<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/charasiab.htm The Battle of Charasiab] British Battles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNCSqs1sdyQC&pg=PA402&dq=Charasia+Chardeh+Deh-i-Afghan+Macpherson#v=onepage&q=&f=false General Roberts' account of the battle] Google Books
== Recommended Reading ==
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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[[Category:Battles|Charasia, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Charasia, Battle of]]
[[Category:General Roberts' March to Kabul|Charasia, Battle of]]
