By the beginning of October the force was at Char Asiab , twelve miles from Kabul , where 8,000 Afghans were dug in , and it defeated the Afghan Army at Char Asiab on 6 October , 1879 .
By the beginning of October the force was at Char Asiab , twelve miles from Kabul , where 8,000 Afghans were dug in . 
 The Afghan Army was defeated at Char Asiab on 6 October , 1879 .