Yakawlang (also romanized as Yakaolang) ( fa, یکاولنگ) 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 . It was significantly destroyed by military forces in 2000–2001.
History
Yakawlang was captured from the
Taliban by the
United Front forces (
Hezbe Wahdat and
Harakat Islami) 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 execution
A summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial. Executions as the result of summary justice (such as a drumhead court-martial) are sometimes include ...
s carried out from 8–12 January 2001. A number of
aid agency personnel and a
United Nations 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)
/ref>
Climate
Yakawlang experiences a warm-summer humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(''Dsb'') under the Köppen climate classification, with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.
See also
* Yakawlang District
* Bamyan Province
Notes
Populated places in Bamyan Province
Bamyan Province
Hazarajat
{{Bamyan-geo-stub