Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province.

[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.