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Dara-I-Pech
Dara-I-Pech District (also known as Manogay District or Pech District) is located in western-central Kunar Province, Afghanistan, 30 km west of Asadabad. The population was 48,400 in 2006. The district is governed from Mano Gai. The governor is Mohammad Rahkman. While the bulk of the population is Safi Pashtun, who are mostly settled along the Pech River, the district also includes the Pashai-speaking Korengalis in the southern portion of the Korengal Valley. There are several large capillary valleys, such as the Korengal and Shuryak. There are 13 big villages, most of them in the valleys of the mountainous district. There has been a timber market. People are generally poor. Farming and animal husbandry are the main sources of income. Health care and education need improvement. Nangalam, at the junction of the Pech and Waygal rivers, is the largest town in the district. Formerly inhabited by speakers of a Pech Valley Dardic (Indic) language called Nangalami, the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Afghanistan
The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' (, ''wuləswāləi''; , ''wuləswālī''; ''ulasvolik''), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below Provinces of Afghanistan, provinces. The Afghan government issued its first district map in 1973. It recognized 325 districts, counting ''wuleswalis'' (districts), ''alaqadaries'' (sub-districts), and ''markaz-e-wulaiyat'' (provincial center districts). In the ensuing years, additional districts have been added through splits, and some eliminated through merges. In June 2005, the Afghan government issued a map of 398 districts. It was widely adopted by many information management systems, though usually with the addition of ''Sharak-e-Hayratan'' for 399 districts in total. It remains the ''de facto'' standard as of late 2018, despite a string of government announcements of the creation of new districts. The latest announced set includes 421 districts. The country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano Gai Airstrike
The Mano Gai or Manogi airstrike was the killing of Afghan children in Mano Gai, Dara-I-Pech District, Kunar province, Afghanistan on March 1, 2011. Nine boys aged 8–14 were killed by gunfire from NATO helicopters while collecting firewood for their family. The next day hundreds of Afghan villagers protested the killing chanting slogans against the United States and the Afghan government as they marched to the bombing site. General David Petraeus said "We are deeply sorry" while Mohammed Bismil, the 20-year-old brother of two boys killed in the strike said "I don't care about the apology. The only option I have is to pick up a Kalashnikov, RPG or a suicide vest to fight." President Hamid Karzai called the attack "ruthless". See also * Deh Bala wedding party bombing 47 civilians mostly children killed in Nangarhar province, 2008 * Granai airstrike 86-145 civilians, mostly children killed in Farah province, 2009 References External links Police chief confirms 9 children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunar Province
Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- Hadith, ''Nazhat-e Hambastagi Milli, Hezb-e Afghanistan Naween, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin''. It is one of the four " N2KL" provinces (Nangarhar Province, Nuristan Province, Kunar Province and Laghman Province). N2KL was the designation used by the US and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan for the rugged region along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border opposite Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (merged in 2018 with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Kunar is the center of the N2KL region. Kunar, along with Nuristan, was part of the borderlands known as Kafiristan, and until a few decades ago, it was never considered a true part of Afghanistan. Kunar is a sparsely populated, mountainous, forested border area. Geography Kunar province is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nangalam
Nangalam is a town in Pech Valley in Kunar Province of Afghanistan. It is situated at the junction of Pech River, Pech and Waygal rivers. Demographics Most residents of Nangalam today are Safi (Pashtun tribe), Safi Pashtuns. History Nangalam has been at the center of many conflicts. It was razed by Soviet-backed Afghan forces in 1978. During the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan, U.S. forces built a military base in Nangalam. After suffering heavy casualties, U.S. troops had to retreat from the base in 2011. Surprisingly, Afghan forces later were successful in bringing peace to the region on their own. References Populated places in Kunar Province {{Kunar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano Gai
Mano Gai or Manogai is a small town and capital of Dara-I-Pech District in Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan. It lies on the confluence of several rivers. On March 1, 2011, it was subject to the Mano Gai airstrike, killing nine boys aged 8–14 through gun fire from NATO helicopters while collecting firewood for their family. The next day hundreds of Afghan villagers protested the killing chanting slogans against the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ... and the Afghan government as they marched to the bombing site. In recent times, a 12 kilometre road project connecting Mano Gai to Chapa Dara District has been planned at an estimated cost of US$3.8 million. A radio station, the “Voice of the Pech”, employing local reporters and radio person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korengal Valley
Korangal Valley (alternatively spelled Korengal, Kurangal, Korangal; ), also nicknamed "The Valley of Death" is a valley in the Dara-I-Pech District of Kunar Province, eastern Afghanistan. Agriculture and forestry The valley is formed by a right tributary of the Pech River. It is about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) long and 10 kilometers wide. The valley has rocky mountains with limited agricultural land. The Korangal Valley is lushly forested with pine trees. Much of the valley's income is due to legal and illegal forestry and timber sales. In 2006, U.S. military and the government of Afghanistan reclaimed the Lumber Yard and established the first government presence in the valley since the 1980s. The Afghan government is working to find ways to boost the economy of the region so that illegal timbering can come to an end. Population The Korangal Valley is home to around 10,000 people known as Korangalis. They live in scattered villages along the valley, relying mainly on logg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pashtuns
Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghan (ethnonym), Afghans until 1964 after the term's meaning had become a demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan regardless of their ethnic groups in Afghanistan, ethnic group. The Pashtuns speak the Pashto, Pashto language, which belongs to the Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian languages, Iranian language family. Additionally, Dari serves as the second language of Pashtuns in Afghanistan, while those in Pakistan speak Urdu and English. In India, the majority of those of Pashtun descent have lost the ability to speak Pashto and instead speak Hindi and other regional languages. There are an estimated 350–400 Pashtun tribes, Pashtun tribes and clans with a Theories of Pashtun origin, variety of origin theories. In 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pech River
The Pech River () is located in eastern Afghanistan. Course The Pech River system is fed from glaciers and snow from the Hindu Kush range to its north. The river rises in central Nuristan Province and flows south and southeasterly through the center of Kunar Province, joining the Kunar River (Asmar River, ''Loy Seend'') at the provincial capital of Asadabad. The Kunar is a tributary of the Kabul River, part of the Indus River basin. The river has numerous tributaries forming valleys on both sides. These include the Chapa Dara, Waygal, Korangal Valley (site of the film '' Restrepo''), Watapur, and Sharyak valleys. Culture In the Pech Valley, Pashto and the Askunu languages are spoken. The Safi tribe of Pashtuns is the majority population in the Pech Valley. The river's largest settlement is Nangalam, at the confluence of the Waygal River with the Pech River. Military history There were a series of U.S. military bases along the Pech River Valley in Kunar Province, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pashayi Languages
Pashayi or Pashai (Persian: زبان پشه ای; Pashto: پشه اې ژبه) is a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Pashai people in parts of Kapisa, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar and Kabul ( Surobi District) provinces in Northeastern Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde .... The Pashayi languages had no known written form prior to 2003. There are four mutually unintelligible varieties, with only about a 30% lexical similarity: * Northeastern: Aret, Chalas (Chilas), Kandak, Korangal, Kurdar dialects * Northwestern: Alasai, Bolaghain, Gulbahar, Kohnadeh, Laurowan, Najil, Nangarach, Pachagan, Pandau, Parazhghan, Pashagar, Sanjan, Shamakot, Shutul, Uzbin, Wadau dialects * Southeastern: Damench, Laghmani, Sum, Upper and Lower Darai Nur, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safi (Pashtun Tribe)
Sāpī ( ''Sāpai''; plur. ساپي ''Sāpī'') is a Pashtun tribe situated mostly in Afghanistan. Many former Pashayi speakers have also adopted the ethnonym Safi in Afghanistan. According to a work published by Jeffrey H.P Evans-von Krbek at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham in 1977, the origins of the Sapi lies in the region of ancient Gandhara. The exact population number of this clan is not known; however, it is estimated to be around 2.5 million in Afghanistan. Sapis have played an important role in Afghanistan. The Sapi tribe is well known for its resistance to the Taliban regime, and many fierce clashes have broken out between the two. People * Amanul Mulk, leader of the tribal revolts under rebel King Salemai * Amanat Lewana, rebel Prime Minister of Afghanistan's Eastern Provinces * Jamil al-Rahman, Afghan Salafist and Amir of the Islamic Emirate of Kunar * Amanullah Sailaab Sapi, Afghan poet and writer * Turabaz Khan, Royal Afghan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pech River, Kunar, 2009-04-19 -b
Pech, Pèch, or PECH may refer to: People * Benjamin Pech, an ''étoile'' at the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris * Miloš Pech (born 1927), a Czechoslovak sprint canoer * Samrith Pech, a Cambodian politician Other uses * Pech (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a creature in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' series * Pech (mythology), a type of gnome-like creatures in Scottish myth * ''Pech'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Joanna Chmielewska * Pech (river), in Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan * Pech, Ariège, France * Pech people, an indigenous people in northeastern Honduras * Pech language, spoken by the people * Pèch, the Creole name for Perches, Nord-Est, Haiti * European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH), a committee of the European Parliament See also * Peć Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova (region), Rugova region on the eastern se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadabad, Afghanistan
Asadabad (), also called Chaghasarai (), is the capital city of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It is located in the eastern-northeastern portion of the country. The city is located within a valley at the confluence of the Pech River and Kunar River between two mountain ridgelines running along both sides of the valley from Northeast to Southwest. Asadabad is in a mountainous region of the Hindu Kush mountains about 13 km (eight miles) northwest of the Pakistani border and northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Asadabad deals with a moderate amount of trade goodsNawa Pass that lies about south of Asadabad, is the next major border crossing point north of the Khyber Pass for the region. The pass is under constant observation due to its relative ease to cross for commerce and its potential usage for smuggling and Taliban insurgents. On 14 August 2021, Asadabad was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-first provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
