Panjshir Valley
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Coordinates | 35°16′N 69°28′E / 35.267°N 69.467°E |
The Panjshir Valley (also spelled Panjsher or Dara-i-Panjshir;
History
Human activity in Panjshir can be dated to the Bronze Age. The relics from underground archaeological sites had been discovered during President Daoud Khan's presidency. The indigenous people of the valley are believed to be the most ancient living inhabitants in the country.
In 1975, the valley was the site of
It was the site of the
The valley again witnessed renewed fighting during the Afghan Civil War of 1996–2001 between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance under the command of Massoud, where he again defended it from being overrun by the Taliban.[5] The Panjshir Valley was considered one of Afghanistan's safest regions during the era of the ISAF-backed government[6] and in late August 2021, warlords tried to make the valley a bastion of resistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan.[7][8] The Taliban announced that hundreds of fighters were headed towards the valley on 22 August 2021.
Former Vice President
Economy and natural resources
The Panjshir Valley has the potential to become a major centre of
The Panjshir has always been an important highway. Nearly 100 kilometres (62 mi) long, it leads to two passes over the Hindu Kush – the Khawak Pass (3,848 m) leading to Afghanistan's northern plains, and the Anjuman Pass (4,430 m) that crosses into Badakhshan – used by the armies of Alexander the Great and Timur.
A 10-turbine wind farm was built in Panjshir Valley in April 2008.[23]
References
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- ^ Ansar, Massoud (9 September 2018). "Furious Kabul Residents Slam Govt Over Massoud Day Mayhem". TOLOnews.
- ^ Junger, Sebastian. "Massoud's Last Conquest". Vanity Fair.
- ^ "Foreign kayakers surprise Afghans in the Panjshir Valley". The National. 2 August 2016.
- ^ "As Taliban takes over, one Afghan province is still standing strong – Here's the story of Ahmad Shah Massoud and his bastion Panjshir". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "'Panjshir stands strong': Afghanistan's last holdout against the Taliban". the Guardian. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Anti-Taliban Forces Say They've Taken Three Districts in Afghanistan's North". usnews.com. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ^ Ditz, Jason (22 August 2021). "Anti-Taliban Force Retakes Districts in Northeast Afghanistan". Antiwar.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- Washington Post. 18 August 2021.
- ^ Tanzeem, Ayesha; Khan, Tahir (25 August 2021). "Afghan Resistance Delegation Meets With Taliban in Charikar". Voice of America. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Journalist leader Fahim Dashti killed in Taliban attack in Panjshir Valley". www.ifj.org. 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue". Reuters. 7 September 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ Roggio, Bill (6 September 2021). "Taliban completes conquest of Afghanistan after seizing Panjshir". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Kazmin, Amy; Findlay, Stephanie; Bokhari, Farhan (6 September 2021). "Taliban says it has captured last Afghan region of resistance". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "NRF says 60 percent of Afghanistan's Panjshir still under control, Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh alive". First Post. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Exclusive: Taliban Claim to Have Conquered Entire Panjshir". Tasnim News Agency. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Ramani, Samuel (21 September 2021). "Former Afghan ambassador to UK says the Taliban is weaker than it looks". TRT World. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ .
- ^ "Pandjhir". Encyclopaedia of Islam (CD-ROM v. 1.0 ed.). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. 1999.
- ^ Anderson, John Ward (28 September 2007). "A Haven of Prosperity in Afghanistan: U.S. Building Effort Blooms in Panjshir". The Washington Post. p. A11. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Christie, Damian (16 July 2008). "Power to the People: Getting 'off the grid'". EcoBob. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
External links
- له پنجشیر ولایته ځانګړي راپور on YouTube (RTA Pashto, 12 July 2023)
- Where the Sun Rises: Panjshir, Afghanistan on YouTube