| Official Name: | Maiwand |
| Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Afghanistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kandahar Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maywand District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 31.7394°N 65.14°W |
Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road.[1] [2]
The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[3]
Maiwand is the birthplace of the 13th-century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.[4]
The village is notable for the Battle of Maiwand, which took place on July 27, 1880, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Ayub Khan together with Malalai Anaa defeated a British brigade under General Burrows.[5] The British commemorated the battle with the Maiwand Lion sculpture at Forbury Gardens in England.