Yakawlang (also romanized as Yakaolang) ( fa, یکاولنگ) was a city of 65,000 people (est. 2000) in Yakawlang District,

Bamyan Province Bamyan Province ( prs, ولایت بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the Afghanistan. The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-m ...

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. It is the capital of Yakawlang District with an altitude of . It was significantly destroyed by military forces in 2000–2001.

History

Yakawlang was captured from the

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by the

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forces (

Hezbe Wahdat Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan ( prs, حزب وحدت اسلامی افغانستان, "the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan"), shortened to Hezbe Wahdat (, "the Unity Party"), is an Afghan political party founded in 1989. Like most contem ...

and

Harakat Islami Islamic Movement of Afghanistan ( fa, حرکت اسلامی افغانستان, ''Harakat-e Islami-yi Afghanistan'') is a political party and former faction of the Afghan Northern Alliance (United Front) in Afghanistan. The movement is register ...

) on 28 December 2000, but was recaptured by the Taliban in early January 2001. Following its recapture, there were reports of mass arrests and summary executions carried out from 8–12 January 2001. A number of

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personnel and a

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staff member were among those who were killed."Statement by Dr. Kamal Hossain, Special Rapporteur at the Fifty-seventh Session of the Commission on Human Rights" (29 March 2001)
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Climate

Yakawlang experiences a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dsb'') under the

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, with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

Notes

Populated places in Bamyan Province Bamyan Province Hazarajat {{Bamyan-geo-stub

History

Climate

See also

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