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In the News (Mon 6 Jul 09)

  
  Baghlan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The city of Baghlan was established in Afghanistan in approximately 1960.
Baghlan is the center of beet-Sugar production in Afghanistan and is the leading sugar-beet district of Afghan Turkistan.
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www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ba/Baghlan.htm   (113 words)

  
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 The Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, DC
The 163- kilometer road linking Baghlan with Kunduz was completed by a Chinese construction firm in April 2006 after months of work.
The people of Baghlan asked for the construction of schools, religious schools and health clinics, for the provision of housing for teachers, for the establishment of the faculties of engineering, agriculture, economy and religious subjects and for the extraction of mines.
The President called upon the people of Baghlan to educate their children to end our country’s dependence on outside expertise.
www.embassyofafghanistan.org /govpress/op118.html   (625 words)

  
 150 Afghans die of cold, starvation in Baghlan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to the radio, most of the victims were from the Charshanbe Tape camp in Baghlan.
Radio Shariat said there were 12 displacement camps in Baghlan province for villagers driven from their homes by fighting.
Baghlan and surrounding areas, including the northeastern province of Takhar, have seen heavy fighting between the Taliban and opposition forces since the onset of winter.
www.rawa.org /baghlan.htm   (212 words)

  
 fDi Magazine: Sweet success
It aims to re-establish sugar beet cultivation in the Baghlan area, 250km north of Kabul, and rehabilitate local sugar refining facilities.
Part of the deal was the acquisition of the “old” Baghlan Sugar Factory from the government, once the centre of Afghanistan’s small domestic sugar industry.
In the near-term, plans are to vertically integrate the New Baghlan Sugar Company’s business activities, by using by-products from the sugar refining process, namely molasses and beet pulp, as feedstock for the production of industrial ethanol and for use in the livestock and dairy industries respectively.
www.fdimagazine.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/1293/Sweet_success.html   (723 words)

  
 AIHRC
Based on a assessment done by UNICEF the majority of these children are from North East and especially from Baghlan province, whom were submit to their parents to go back to their villages.
by arrival to UNHCR office in Baghlan a briefing was give on the mission plan and also time schedule was made and agreed by every one, it was announced that the governor and deputy governor are not present in the province, so it was agreed to meet with the chief police and other relevant authorities.
A briefing was provide to the participants on the objective of the mission and as well as the findings of the mission and also it was made clear that the north east provinces and the Baghlan province is one of the well known places for the trafficking of the Children.
www.aihrc.org.af /child_traf.htm   (1778 words)

  
 Afghanistan: Massacres Of Hazaras - Massacre At Robatak Pass, May 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As a means of controlling the civilian population and ensuring that it does not give assistance to the United Front, Taliban forces have frequently resorted to detaining men from villages in the area and holding them for prolonged periods as virtual hostages.
Their remains were found to the northeast of the Robatak pass, in an area known as Hazara Mazari, on the border between Baghlan and Samangan provinces.
The facilities at which the men were detained were under the command of Commander Mullah Shahzad Kandahari, who was the Taliban commander of the Khinjan front north of Kabul and who was also reportedly present in Yakaolang when it was held by the Taliban in January 2001.
www.hrw.org /reports/2001/afghanistan/afghan101-04.htm   (1443 words)

  
 Backgroundpaper Christopher Ahrens
In nation-wide trial plantings the area around Baghlan proved to be the most suitable for sugar beet cultivation.
Given the Baghlan region’s proven potential for high yield sugar beet production, the country’s huge market for white sugar and the need to conserve the country’s scarce foreign exchange reserves, it makes good sense to pursue the possibility of re-developing a domestic white sugar industry in Afghanistan.
The reintroduction of sugar beet cultivation in the Baghlan area would lower the risk of farmers shifting more of their production towards opium poppy, a high income crop.
www.inwent.org /ef/events/mdg/05462/index.en.shtml   (509 words)

  
 The Raw Story | Afghan police investigate killing of German journalists
The governor of Baghlan province, Sayed Ekram Masumi, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa Sunday that five to six people had been identified as suspects and the authorities were "almost certain" that they had murdered Karen Fischer, 30, and Christian Struwe, 38, on Saturday evening.
The Interior Ministry said in Kabul that police had begun an operation in Baghlan to arrest the suspects and was still continuing.
The chief of police in Baghlan was at the scene to lead the probe.
rawstory.com /news/2006/Afghan_police_investigate_killing_o_10082006.html   (617 words)

  
 Afghan Farmers Bet on Sweet Alternative to Opium
Taza Mir is old enough to remember the days when beet was the major crop in Baghlan and the province was noted for its sugar.
He said that they will initially help Baghlan farmers and then move to other provinces to try to expand the beet crop, training farmers to get the most out of their land.
Before the wars, the main centres for growing beet were Baghlan, Kundoz and Samangan provinces.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/aug2005/2005-08-10-05.asp   (1034 words)

  
 Nancy Hatch Dupree. An Historical Guide To Afghanistan. Kunduz
Baghlan, meaning province of the sanctuary, takes its name, therefore, from Kanishka’s temple which flourished in the 2nd century A.D. Baghlan (pop: 29,000; alt.
Leaving Baghlan, the fertile fields gradually give way to plains dotted with mounds still guarding the remains of other ancient towns and villages.
In 1975, the harvest from Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan provinces exceeded 90,000 tons.
www.zharov.com /dupree/chapter27.html   (1901 words)

  
 Pajhwok Afghan News
Steven Gyamafi, senior advisor of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, after his meeting with Hungarian PRT officials in Baghlan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the schemes were included construction of schools, clinics and provision of equipment for police and governmental administrations.
was trying to send some experts to Baghlan at the beginning of next year to assist the provincial administration in management and computer skills.
Sayed Akram Masoumi, Governor of Baghlan, said recently they had sent a five-year development plan of Baghlan province to donors and embassies in Kbaul and had also asked the Hungarian PRT for more help.
www.pajhwak.com /viewstory.asp?id=28987   (423 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Gunmen shoot dead two German journalists in Afghanistan
The two, a man and a woman, were shot in the province of Baghlan at about 1:20 am, said a spokesman for the interior ministry which handles police affairs.
They had camped in Baghlan en route to the central province of Bamiyan, ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told АFР.
Baghlan is relatively calm and has seen little of the Taliban-linked violence that is plaguing southern and eastern Afghanistan although unrest has increased there this year.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=27613   (502 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Heavy Fighting On In Afghanistan's Provinces Takhar, Baghlan, Bamian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Afghanistan's provinces Takhar, Baghlan and Bamian heavy fighting is under way between Taleban units and the Northern alliance.
He reported that units of the anti-Taleban coalition have seized a number of advanced posts in the region of the strategic gorge and mountain cross Tangi Farkar.
On Sunday Northern alliance counterattacks squeezed the Taleban from certain areas of the adjacent province Baghlan.
www.newsfromrussia.com /world/2001/04/30/4497_.html   (192 words)

  
 ONLINE - International News Network
Henk Vaags, spokesman for the civil-military team in Baghlan told Pajhwok Afghan News about their drills featuring tanks, missiles and jets in the expansive Karkar desert, 15 kilometers northeast of Pul-i-Khumri, would continue until elections slated for mid-September.
Vaags added: "Though the security situation in Baghlan is satisfactory, yet we should be on red alert to tackle violent incidents." He would not say as to how many troops of the 150-member Dutch team were participating in the war games.
Deafening sounds of missiles and jets taking part in the drills remind residents of the Russian intervention days, but they are happy because the exercises are being carried out to secure the keenly-awaited elections.
www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=82151   (274 words)

  
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Amin said he was one of tens of people whose land had been forcibly seized by commanders in Baghlan Province.
But Mohammad Omar, the governor of Baghlan, said rights violations had decreased compared to previous years, although he conceded there was abuse of power in some cases.
IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=38336&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN   (891 words)

  
 State-owned Enterprise Information Center
In Baghlan in the North of Afghanistan, a new private-public partnership, The New Baghlan Sugar Company, Ltd., is gearing up to produce sugar in a country that currently has to import all the sugar it uses.
The German Government, through the FAO trust and through an equity participation of the German finance and investment company DEG, will provide an additional EUR 2.5 million for the operation of the company, the procurement of farm inputs, management expertise and the recruitment and training of local extension officers.
Kuehn said that trial plantings of sugar beet conducted in the Baghlan area in 2003 and 2004 demonstrated that the soils around Baghlan are well-suited for the cultivation of sugar beets.
privatization.mof.gov.af /EN/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=a0dbb81e-5e93-4dd1-ab47-01a5590415b5   (396 words)

  
 Baghlan, Afganistán :: código de ciudad, código de área, código para llamar, código de país
Baghlan, Afganistán :: código de ciudad, código de área, código para llamar, código de país
In Afghanistan's provinces Takhar, Baghlan and Bamian heavy fighting is...
The items are being transferred to the affected regions of Baghlan Province by other...
www.como-llamar.com.mx /phone/Afganistan/Baghlan.htm   (221 words)

  
 Restarting sugar production in Afghanistan
Through a project financed by Germany, FAO will rehabilitate the country's only sugar factory in Baghlan, which ceased operations in the late 1970s.
Funds of the two-year project (over 1 million euros) will also be used to buy farm machinery, given that proper seed bed preparation and sowing are crucial in sugar beet cultivation.
Since 2002, Germany has funded projects through FAO at a total value of 22.4 million euros of which 17.1 million euros have been earmarked for 14 projects on agriculture, food security and nutrition in Afghanistan.
www.fao.org /newsroom/en/news/2004/52501/index.html   (673 words)

  
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www.metroroommates.com /city_rentals/Baghlan_Rentals.asp   (69 words)

  
 OSAC - ANSO Incident Report: Baghlan Province Explosion
Reports received indicate that an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on the main road connecting Baghlan to Kunduz, in the vicinity of Tarakhail area, Baghlan-e-Jadid district center.
The IED was possibly placed in a bicycle that was placed at the roadside which subsequently was detonated when an Afghan National Police (ANP) vehicle was passing the area.
The Baghlan - Kunduz main road is considered as an insecure/ problematic road due to the presence of alleged anti-government elements in the area.
www.osac.gov /Reports/report.cfm?contentID=49785   (415 words)

  
 UNHCR - Land allocation scheme yields first results in Afghanistan
One of the areas that have made significant progress is Ettehad township in northern Baghlan province.
Naeem returned to Baghlan from Iran last year and was given land in Ettehad after a selection process based on a quota of 80 percent for returnees, 15 percent for IDPs and five percent for the handicapped.
Sheikh Mesri and Ettehad are among five townships in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Ghazni, Logar and Herat provinces that have been singled out for completion under the pilot land allocation scheme.
www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/newsitem?id=450976a24   (1024 words)

  
 Press Releases: Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Baghlan sugar factory rehabilitated and begins sugar production
From the economical, political and social point of view, and for security and peace in Afghanistan, the rehabilitation project of Baghlan Sugar factory and therefore the extension of sugar beet cultivation in Baghlan area as raw materials for the factory is vital project in the country.
Construction of the Baghlan sugar factory began in 1938.
suitable agricultural land, water, coal and lime were avail­able in plentiful supply in Baghlan and therefore the decision to invest was made in fa­vour of this area.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6W79QR?OpenDocument   (636 words)

  
 BELLISSIME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
di Baghlan el'assassinio di una donna nella città di Pulikhumri.
di 3 cooperanti afghane nella provincia di Baghlan e l’assassinio di una donna...
Nella vallata Felol nella provincia di Baghlan circa 150.
www.v-i-d-e-o-c-h-a-t.com /baghlan   (413 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
And I don't have just one commander, I have tens of commanders who used to be with the Taliban inside Baghlan Province, because they didn't have any chance to escape or run away.
And as soon as I got closer to the Baghlan Province, everybody communicated with me and they tried to catch the Taliban who were the real Taliban, who were inside the Baghlan Province.
The U.S. military is watching the events on the ground, we are told, very closely through electronic means, and that is probably indicative of U.S. drone planes as well as satellites.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0111/24/smn.32.html   (1054 words)

  
 Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, Schema-Root news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Six reports were issued from the provinces of Helmand, Zabul, Herat, Khost, Baghlan, and Uruzgan.
Hicks, 31, has been in US custody since his capture near Baghlan, Afghanistan, in December 2001.
It was announced on 4th December that Afghanistan's only sugar plant, located in the northern province of Baghlan, has begun production after 15 years of...
www.schema-root.org /region/asia/southwest_asia/afghanistan/provinces/baghlan   (211 words)

  
 Baghlan News
KHUMRI, Jan 6 : Police Saturday claimed recovering a huge depot of weapons and ammunition in Baghlan district of the central Baghlan province.
KHUMRI, Jan 6 : Former police chief of the northern Baghlan province Mohammad Azim Jalal Hashmi, who was detained for allegedly abducting a young girl, observed hunger strike in jail on Saturday.
CHARIKAR, Dec 19 : About 60 women completed tailoring training course in the northern Baghlan province while loans were provided to women in the central province of Parwan, officials said on Tuesday.
www.topix.net /af/baghlan   (646 words)

  
 ABC News: German Journalists Killed in Afghanistan
A morgue worker walks next to the coffin of one of two German journalists killed Saturday morning in the northern province of Baghlan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct 7, 2006.
The two a man and a woman were traveling in a Toyota four-wheel drive through Baghlan province and had stopped just outside a village, where they set up a tent to spend the night, said Mohammad Azim Hashami, the provincial police chief.
There is little daily violence in the northern province of Baghlan, compared with Afghanistan's volatile south, but militant fighters allied with the renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar roam the area.
www.abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2539775   (466 words)

  
 Rare Type Afghan War Rug 1
In it I broke a lot of new ground trying to attribute the various types of war rugs to where they were made.
In all the years I have been looking I only spotted 2 Baghlan war rugs and they were both runners.
Normally you would not see the mid-Blue selvages unless the wefts were the same color but here as is typical for Baghlan the wefts are dark.
www.spongobongo.com /daxx89a.htm   (303 words)

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