Pashtun Zarghun پشتون زرغون | |
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  Pashtun Zarghun Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°17′0″N62°37′0″E / 34.28333°N 62.61667°E Coordinates: 34°17′0″N62°37′0″E / 34.28333°N 62.61667°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Herat Province |
| District | Pashtun Zarghun District |
| Elevation | 1,042 m (3,419 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Pashtun Zarghun [1] is located at 1042 m altitude at the center of the Pashtun Zarghun District and is situated in its central part.
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Pashtun Zarghun District, formerly known as Posht-e Zirghān or Posht-e Zirghūn, is situated in the central part of Herat Province, Afghanistan in the valley of the Hari River. The district center is Pashtun Zarghun.
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Khairkot, also known as Zarghun Shar (زرغونښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغونشهر), or Katawaz (کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.
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The 1979 Herat uprising was an insurrection that took place in and around the city of Herat, Afghanistan in March 1979. It included both a popular uprising and a mutiny of Afghan Army troops against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). The communist regime at first appealed to its Soviet allies for help, but the Soviet leadership declined to intervene. After the insurgents seized and held the city for about a week, the regime was able to retake it with its own forces, and the subsequent aerial bombardment and recapture of Herat left up to 25,000 of its inhabitants dead.
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