مديرية أرغنداب، زابل
أرغنداب
ارغنداب Arghandab | |
|---|---|
 Arghandab district (in pink) within the province of Zabul. | |
  أرغنداب Location in Afghanistan | |
| الإحداثيات: 32°35′47″N 66°55′41″E / 32.59639°N 66.92806°E | |
| Country |  أفغانستان |
| Province | Zabul |
| التعداد (2019) | |
| • الإجمالي | 36٬298 |
| منطقة التوقيت | UTC+4:30 |
مديرية أرغنداب (Pashto: ارغنداب ولسوالۍ) هي مديرية في ولاية زابل، أفغانستان. التعداد في 2019 قـُدِّر بنحو 36,298 نسمة.[1]
The district is within the heartland of the Tokhi tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[2]
التاريخ
A new high-capacity health clinic, providing expanded medical services, opened its doors during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Arghandab district, on January 25, 2012.[3]
On May 12, 2018, insurgents stormed Arghandab district, killing 22 police personnel and wounding 12 others. The rebels also captured three security posts.[4]
On November 11, 2019, the Taliban fighters overran the alternate Arghandab district headquarters and killed the local chief of police and senior intelligence officer. Arghandab was one of 64 districts that were identified as “either operating outside the premises of the districts or have been relocated,” TOLONews reported in June 2019. In the case of Arghandab, the administrative center was relocated to another part of the district, as the Taliban controlled the original headquarters.[5]
On 29 Mar 2020, Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in Arghandab district.[6]
On August 8, 2020, while the Mujahidin of the Islamic Emirate were providing security, a wrestling competition was held by wrestlers from different villages of the district.[7]
المراجع
- ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Zabul Province Tribal Map. Naval Postgraduate School.
- ^ "New health clinic open its doors in Zabul province". U.S. Central Command. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Afghan Fighting Kills More Than 100 People". Voice of America. 12 May 2018. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Taliban overruns district HQ in Zabul". Foundation for Defense of Democracies's Long War Journal. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Taliban kill 11 people in Zabul and Baghlan attacks on checkpoints March 29".
- ^ "Twitter message". Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-28.