Articles in Afghanistan ( 385 )

385 Articles of interest in Afghanistan

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  • Deh Rawood

    Deh Rawood is a town in Deh Rahwod District in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. It is located 400 kilometres southwest of Kabul. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan the area has been noted as a remaining Taliban stronghold.

  • Chishti Sharif

    Chishti Sharif (Chesht-e Sharif) is a town situated on the northern bank of the Hari River in Herat Province, Afghanistan on (34.3533°N 63.7411°E) at 1573 m altitude.

  • April 2009 Afghanistan earthquake

    The 2009 Afghanistan earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 5.5 in eastern Afghanistan on 15 April at 01:57 local time (21:27 GMT). The earthquake was followed two hours later by an aftershock of 5.1 moment magnitude. The quakes struck about…

  • Al Sadeeq training camp

    The Al-Sadeeq training camp is one of the training camps in Afghanistan, near Khost, that American intelligence officials have asserted were used to train individuals with ties to al Qaeda or the Taliban.

  • AH76

    Asian Highway 76 (AH76) is a major road of northern Afghanistan. It connects Pole khomri at AH7 to Mazar-i-Sharif, passing through Samangan on the way, and then passes west and eventually ends at Herat, where it unites with AH1 and AH77 At Mazar-e-S…

  • Yakawlang

    Yakawlang (also romanized as Yakaolang) was a city of 65,000 people (est. 2000) in Yakawlang District, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. It is the capital of Yakawlang District with an altitude of 2714 m.

  • Tara Khēl

    Tara Khēl is a village and the center of Deh Sabz District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is situated northwest of Kabul at (34.5767°N 69.2564°E) at 1794 m altitude. The village is big, with more than 2,000 households.

  • Shinkot

    Shinkot (Pashto: شين کوټ‎) (also Pasaband) is a town and the center of Pasaband District, in the southern part of Ghor Province, Afghanistan.

  • Shin Kalay

    Shin Kalay is a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in the Nad Ali District. It is inhabited by a Pashtun population of 11,000 and adheres to Sharia Islamic law. The village has recently accomplished high feats in education.

  • Samana Range

    The Samana Range is a mountain ridge in the Kohat District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, commanding the southern boundary of Tirah. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the Miranzai Valley on the south, and ex…

  • Qarqin

    Qarqin is a town located in the northern part of Qarqin District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan at (37.4128°N 66.0472°E) at 249 m altitude on the southern bank of the Amu Darya River.

  • Qara Bagh, Kabul Province

    Qara Bagh is a town and the center of Qarabagh District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is situated in the western part of the district at (34.8414°N 69.1489°E) at 1,565 m altitude. The population is 13,000 (2007 calculation).

  • Peiwar Pass

    The Peiwar Kotal Pass, also spelled Paywar, is one of the mountain passes that connect the Paktia Province of Afghanistan and the Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

  • Nijrab

    Nejrab is a District with five valleys in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It is located at (34.9775°N 69.5742°E) at 1,613 m altitude.

  • Nawa, Afghanistan

    Nawa (other names: Bareh Kheyl, Nāwah, Mahmūd Khel, Barak Khel, Nāwa, Mahmud Khel, Bāreh Kheyl, Bara Khel) is located on (32.3236°N 67.8772°E) at 2,007 m altitude in the central part of Nawa District, Afghanistan.

  • Lejay, Afghanistan

    Lejay, Afghanistan is a small village where a Taliban commander named Kabir (Sub-Cdr of Mullah Wahid - Objective), executed an ambush on a U.S. Special Forces Reconnaissance element, consisting of seven Green Beret detachments (A-Teams) on February …