Walakan

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Walakan
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Walakan
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Coordinates: 31°33′12″N65°38′26″E / 31.55333°N 65.64056°E / 31.55333; 65.64056 Coordinates: 31°33′12″N65°38′26″E / 31.55333°N 65.64056°E / 31.55333; 65.64056
Country Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
Province Kandahar Province
District Kandahar District
Time zone + 4.30

Walakan is a village in Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan. [1] It is situated 5 miles southwest of Kandahar, 1 mile west of Karezak. [2] Walakan is said to have been one of four villages given to the original Parsiwan inhabitants. [2] Walakan, along with Zalakhan is said to have been part of sector which the Soviets left unguarded during the war. [3]

On July 10, 2010, US Staff Sergeant Jesse Ainsworth (aged 24) of Texas was killed near Walakan by an explosive device during Operation Enduring Freedom. [4]

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