Forces were preparing to leave Kabul. However, after the July 1880 British defeat at the Battle of Maiwand in southern Afghanistan, Stewart ordered Roberts with 10,000 men to march on Kandahar – creating a separate Kabul-Kandahar Field Force. The Northern Afghanistan Field Force, still commanded by Stewart, finally returned to India in August 1880 via the Khyber Pass. With no British-led troops remaining in northern Afghanistan, the Northern Afghanistan Field Force was then disbanded. See also Kurram Valley Field Force Battle of Charasiab Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment References Sources Ad hoc units and formations of the British Army British Army deployments Second Anglo-Afghan War