The Salang Tunnel is a 2.67-kilometre-long (1.66 mi) tunnel located at the Salang Pass in northern Parwan Province of Afghanistan,about 90 km (56 mi) north of the nation's capital,Kabul. At nearly 3,200 m (10,500 ft) above sea level,the tunnel work was originally completed by the Soviet Union in 1964.
The Salang Pass is the primary mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province,with onward connections to Kabul Province,southern Afghanistan,and to the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Located on the border of Parwan Province and Baghlan Province,it is just to the East of the Kushan Pass,and both of them were of great importance in early times as they provided the most direct connections between the Kabul region with northern Afghanistan or Tokharistan. The Salang River originates nearby and flows south.
Charikar,officially renamed to Imam Abu Hanifa or Imam Azam,is the main town of the Koh Daman Valley. It is the capital of Charikar District,and the capital of Parwan Province in northern Afghanistan. It has a population of around 171,200,which is majority Tajik populated. The town was officially renamed in December 2022 by the Taliban to honor the Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist Abu Hanifa,who is also sometimes called Imam Azam and was the founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic law.
The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government,led by President Hamid Karzai,and later by President Ashraf Ghani,and against a US-led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO;the 2021 Taliban offensive resulted in the collapse of the government of Ashraf Ghani. The private sector in Pakistan extends financial aid to the Taliban,contributing to their financial sustenance.
Asadullah Khalid is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS),which is the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012,Khalid served as the Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs. Between 2005 and 2008,he was the Governor of Kandahar Province and prior to that as Governor of Ghazni Province (2002-2005). From 2018 until 2021 he was the Minister of Defense. Khalid is said to be affiliated with the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan and has been noted as one of many loyalists of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The following lists events that happened during 2004 in Afghanistan.
Events from the year 2011 in Afghanistan.
General Mohammad Ayub Salangi born in Parwan,Afghanistan,is the former Police Chief of Kabul and the current Deputy Minister for Security in the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan.
Events from the year 2012 in Afghanistan.
The following lists events from 2014 in Afghanistan.
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Afghanistan.
The 2015 Kabul Parliament attack occurred on June 22,2015,when members of the Taliban detonated a car bomb outside the National Assembly in Kabul then attacked the building with assault rifles and RPGs. Two civilians and seven Taliban died in the attack.
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Afghanistan.
Events in the year 2017 in Afghanistan.
Events in the year 2018 in Afghanistan.
The Battle of Farah began on 14 May 2018,when Taliban fighters launched an assault on the city of Farah,located in western Afghanistan.
The Islamic State–Taliban conflict is an ongoing insurgency by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP) against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The conflict initially began when both operated as rival insurgent groups in Nangarhar;since the formation of the Taliban's state in 2021,IS-KP members have enacted a campaign of terrorism targeting both civilians and assassinating Taliban members using hit-and-run tactics. The group have also caused incidents and attacks across the border in Pakistan.
Events in the year 2020 in Afghanistan.
In May 2020,a series of insurgent attacks took place in Afghanistan,starting when the Taliban killed 20 Afghan soldiers and wounded 29 others in Zari,Balkh and Grishk,Helmand on 1 and 3 May,respectively. On 12 May,a hospital's maternity ward in Kabul and a funeral in Kuz Kunar (Khewa),Nangarhar were attacked,resulting in the deaths of 56 people and injuries of 148 others,including newborn babies,mothers,nurses,and mourners. ISIL–KP claimed responsibility for the funeral bombing,but no insurgent group claimed responsibility for the hospital shooting.
