Nad Ali or Nad-e Ali is a district in

Helmand Province Helmand (Pashto language, Pashto/Dari language, Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering ...

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. Marja is an unincorporated agricultural district in Nad Ali. The area is irrigated by the

Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority The Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority (HAVA) based in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, originally named the Helmand Valley Authority (HVA) until its expansion in 1965,

(HAVA).The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: AID Evaluation Special Study No. 18
C. Clapp-Wicek & E. Baldwin, US Agency for International Development, published December 1983 (pdf) A small town of the same name lies 11 km to the west of the Helmand River, at the coordinates shown at the top of the page. The town of Nad-e Ali was built in 1954 as part of the HAVA irrigation project, and was settled by 3,000 predominantly Pashtun families who were given newly

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. The village of Shin Kalay has made advances in the education of children that was recognized and published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

During the

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occupation, Nad Ali was in the UK area of responsibility. On 9 February 2011, soldiers from the Parachute Regiment were patrolling in north of Nad-e Ali district when they were hit by small arms fire, resulting in two fatalities.Two soldiers from Parachute Regiment die in Helmand, ''The Guardian'', 9 February 2011
/ref> Nad Ali was the scene of several intense firefights during the course of the war in Afghanistan. In 2014, a patrol formed of soldiers from the

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, and the

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were involved in a 40 hour long gunfight with

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fighters in and around the town.

References

External links

District Profile
UNHCR, 2002 Districts of Helmand Province {{Helmand-geo-stub