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	Bamian
		Bamian was invaded by the Saffarids in 871.
		A Muslim fortress town from the 9th to the 12th cent., Bamian was sacked by Jenghiz Khan in 1221 and never regained its former prominence.
		The Bamian valley is lined with cave dwellings cut out of the cliffs by Buddhist monks.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0805989.html (265 words)

	AFGHANISTAN AND THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN DISPUTE by THEO. F. RODENBOUGH
		It was seen that the possession of this territory would at once free Russia from much difficulty in case of an advance and give her the means of threatening Herat as well as Kabul from her base in Turkestan, and even to some extent to carry forward that base beyond the Oxus.
		It is the capital of a province of the same name on the N. frontier of India, eighteen miles from the Khaiber Pass and one hundred and fifty miles S.E. of Kabul.
		Bamian, with its colossal statues cut out in the rock, was among the wonders described by the Buddhist monks who traversed Central Asia in the fourth century.
	books.onelang.com /The-Afghanistan-Anglo-Russian-Dispute (18176 words)

	Mythology's Myth*ing Links = Eurasia / Central Asia: Afghanistan
		The Bamian valley...showing the ancient caves of the Kushan Dynasty...lies northwest of Kabul, the nation's capital...at an elevation of 2,590 meters....
		Bamian is first mentioned in 5th Century A.D. Chinese sources and was visited by the Chinese travelers Fa-hsien around 400 A.D. and Hsüan-tsang in 630 A.D.; it was by that time a centre of commerce and of the Buddhist religion.
		Her focus is on archaeological sites (e.g., the Bamian Valley [center of commerce and the Buddhist religion by 500 AD]; Ghazni [a city on the ancient road to Kabul, built in the 7th century AD]; Kabul; and the Khyber Pass); museums; general culture; and ancient history.
	www.mythinglinks.org /eurasia~Afghanistan.html (7154 words)

	HINDU - Online Information article about HINDU
		province the summer heat is intense, and the simoon is not unknown.
		In the western provinces about Kandahar (amongst the Durani Afghans—the people who claim to be Beni-Israel), and especially in Zamindawar, the spirit of fanaticism runs high, and every other Afghan is a possible See also:
		Iron ore is most abundant near the passes leading to Bamian, and in other parts of Hindu Kush.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HINDU.html (5933 words)

	Afghanistan war: Abdul Haq - Cipro
		explanation: Born in 1954 in Juzjian province of northern Afghanistan.
		Once he had been a communist general but when Soviets pulled out from Afghanistan in 1989, he betrayed Najibullah's regime and created his own state by occupying the northern region around Mazar-i-Sharif where his ethnic group, Uzbek is in the majority.
		explanation: Born in 1940 in Badakhshan province of northeastern Afghanistan.
	www.docoja.com /dico/afgtxtg.html (1410 words)

	History of Afghanistan - The History Beat
		In Nimroz Province, as the Taliban retreated, Karim Baravi, the former governor, retook power.
		On July 1, 2002, 48 people at a wedding party in a village in Oruzgan province were killed, and a further 117 injured, in a bombing raid.
		The two famous statues of Buddha in the Bamiyan province were destroyed by the Taliban as symbols of another religion.
	history.searchbeat.com /afghanistan.htm (4392 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
		32 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol, Nurestan, and Khowst
		18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
		2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2051.html (4978 words)

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