Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country,it is also a municipality,forming part of the Kabul Province;it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. According to 2023 estimates,the population of Kabul was 4.95 million people. In contemporary times,the city has served as Afghanistan's political,cultural,and economical center,and rapid urbanisation has made Kabul the 75th-largest city in the world and the country's primate city.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan politician,former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin political party,so called after Mohammad Yunus Khalis split from Hezbi Islami in 1979 to found Hezb-i Islami Khalis. He has twice served as Prime Minister during the 1990s.
Kapisa is the smallest of Afghanistan's thirty-four provinces and is located in the north-east of the country. It has an estimated population of 496,840 people and an area of 1,842 km2 (711 sq mi),making it the most densely populated province apart from Kabul Province. It borders Panjshir Province to the north,Laghman Province to the east,Kabul Province to the south and Parwan Province to the west. Mahmud-i-Raqi is the provincial capital,while the most populous city and district of Kapisa is Nijrab.
Maidan Wardak or Maidan,also called Wardag or Wardak,is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan,located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,000. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar,while the most populous district in the province is Saydabad District. Wardak is known for one of its famous high peak mountain known as.
The Salt Pit and Cobalt were the code names of an isolated clandestine CIA black site prison and interrogation center outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. It was located north of Kabul and was the location of a brick factory prior to the Afghanistan War. The CIA adapted it for extrajudicial detention.
The Inter-Services Intelligence is the largest and best-known component of the Pakistani intelligence community. It is responsible for gathering,processing,and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant to Pakistan's national security. The ISI reports to its director-general and is primarily focused on providing intelligence to the Pakistani government.
Faiz Muhammad Kāteb also known as Kāteb (کاتب) was a writer and historian. He was Afghan court chronicler,a skilled calligrapher and secretary to Habibullah Khan from 1901 to 1919.
Human rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted,especially since Taliban's takeover of Kabul in August 2021. Women's rights and freedom are severely restricted as they are banned from most public spaces and employment. Afghanistan is the only country in the world to ban education for women over the age of eleven. Taliban's policies towards women are usually termed as gender apartheid. Minority groups such as Hazaras face persecution and eviction from their lands. Authorities have used physical violence,raids,arbitrary arrests and detention,torture,enforced disappearances of activists and political opponents.
The following items form a partial timeline of the War in Afghanistan. For events prior to October 7,2001,see 2001 in Afghanistan.
Saydabad District is a district of Maidan Wardak Province,Afghanistan. The district is known for its pleasant climate,including hilly vegetation,streams,and orchards. The district was a popular retreat for Kabul residents until an increase in ISAF-Taliban violence in the late 2000s. The city of Saydabad serves as the district capital. With a population of 114,793,it is the most populous district of the province.
The February 2009 raids on Kabul were a series of strikes by the Taliban against Afghan government targets in Kabul,Afghanistan on February 11,2009. The attacks killed 21 and injured 57. The attacks happened the day before the new American envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan,Richard Holbrooke,was due to arrive in the country.
The Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority (HAVA) based in Lashkar Gah,Afghanistan,originally named the Helmand Valley Authority (HVA) until its expansion in 1965,was established on December 4,1952,as an agency of the Afghan Government. The agency was modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority in the United States,with a remit covering lands in Farah Province,Ghazni Province,Helmand Province,Herat Province,and Kandahar Province.
Gul Rahman was an Afghan man,suspected by the United States of being a militant,who was a victim of torture. He died in a secret CIA prison,or black site,located in northern Kabul,Afghanistan known as the Salt Pit. He had been captured October 29,2002.
Sayed Hussein Anwari was an Afghan politician. He was a Shia and came from Mohammed Asef Mohseni's Harakat-e Islami.
The night raid onNarang was a night raid on a household in the village of Ghazi Khan in the early morning hours of December 27,2009. The operation was authorized by NATO and resulted in the death of ten Afghan civilians,most of whom were students,and some of whom were children. The status of the deceased was initially in dispute with NATO officials claiming the dead were Taliban members found with weapons and bomb making materials,while some Afghan government officials and local tribal authorities asserted they were civilians.
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.
Ghairat Baheer is a citizen of Afghanistan who served as a Senator in the House of Elders of Afghanistan. He is also the Chairman of the Political Committee of Hezbi Islami in Afghanistan. Ghairat Baheer was held by American forces in extrajudicial detention for over six years. The BBC News reported Pakistani officials took him into custody during a pre-dawn raid on his home in Islamabad on October 30,2002. The BBC said no reason was offered for his apprehension,and that there were rumors US security officials participated in the raid.
The Afghanistan night raids were a military tactic employed by the United States and Afghan special forces during the War in Afghanistan that lasted from 2001 to 2021. The coalition forces in Afghanistan maintain the Joint Prioritized Effects List (JPEL) of targets their special forces try to capture or kill. Using night vision equipment,US and Afghan special forces would raid the suspected households of targets on the Joint Prioritized Effects List. The operations were controversial,due to issues like civilian casualties.
Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani,also known as Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani,Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani,Khaleel Haqqani and Khalil Ahmad Haqqani,is the Afghan Minister of Refugees and a prominent leader of the Haqqani network.
