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	Paghman Gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paghman, a small village at the bottom of the Hindu Kush became a holiday retreat with villas and chalets as well as the summer capital.
		This action led to the arrest of the Hazrat, the execution of some of his followers and finally the rebellion of 1929 -- led at a famous stage by the Bacha-i-Saqao "Son of the Water Carrier" -- that overthrew the King (Poullada 1973).
		The locality was traditionally the family seat of the Paghman saadat most noted for its famous descendant Idries Shah (Saira Shah 2003).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paghman_Gardens (348 words)

	RAWA.ORG: People of Paghman raise against Sayyaf
		On 1st July 2006, hundreds of people from the Paghman district of Kabul demonstrated against Rasul Sayyaf, a fundamentalist leader of the Itehad-e-Islami party and a current member of the Afghan parliament.
		The demonstrators told the media that the land in the area of Chunghar, which is owned by 40,000 people of Shahguzar, (a village in Paghman) has been occupied by Sayyaf and his gunmen by force, though the people of the village legally own the land by order of the court.
		Saying they were residents of the Chonghar village, the protestors gathered in front of the district headquarters and chanted slogans against Sayaf and his commanders alleging they had forcefully seized their farms.
	www.rawa.org /paghman.htm (985 words)

	Afghans go to polls - Newsday.com
		PAGHMAN, Afghanistan -- Afghans voted yesterday in their first parliamentary elections since 1969, virtually completing the formation of a national government to replace the militant Muslim Taliban regime.
		In Paghman, a town of lush, green orchards, voters trickled in at midday.
		A poster declared in Persian, "Your Vote is Secret." The polling place supervisor, a bureaucrat named Inayatullah, said a number of voters had been unable to locate their chosen candidates among the 390 on the ballot.
	www.newsday.com /ny-woafgh194433197sep19,0,4792886.story?coll=ny-top-headlines (653 words)

	Rural Afghans lack awareness on elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		PAGHMAN, 5 Oct 2004 (IRIN) - Sitting around a wood fire oven in a village bakery in Dar-e-Zargar, Magul and her fellow women know very little about Afghanistan's first ever direct presidential elections, to be held in less than a week's time.
		Noorulhaijan, another resident of Paghman, told IRIN that all his villagers had agreed to vote unanimously for the person they believed could deliver prospects for a better future.
		According to Aghajan, a prominent religious leader in Paghman, after decades of war and political crisis most Afghans need assistance and information in order to participate in their country's first ever democratic exercise.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=43507 (710 words)

	Monitors Find Significant Fraud in Afghan Elections
		One of the worst cases has been in Paghman, a district west of Kabul, which is the stronghold of Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, a wartime faction leader and ally of President Hamid Karzai.
		Ballot boxes from 95 polling stations in Paghman have been set aside for further inspection and 30 to 40 of those had been cleared for counting by Sunday, officials said.
		The rest would be excluded from the count because of clear evidence of fraud, said a foreign observer who lacked permission to speak to reporters and asked not be identified.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/printer_100305F.shtml (535 words)

	Journalists thrashed in Kabul
		Residents of Paghman, west of Kabul and Sayyaf's native district, have held several demonstrations in the past against illegal land grabbing.
		Rahmani said they were on the way to the police headquarters of Paghman to get officials comments after covering the protest and taking photos of burnt photos when the gunmen intercepted them.
		Confirming the thrashing of the Tolo workers, Police chief of Paghman Abdul Razzaq said the staffers were beaten by some unidentified gunmen.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=3789 (202 words)

	Islamic Relief - Irrigation Rehabilitation Project Paghman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The overall objective of the project is to sustain food security in the Paghman district by promoting sustainable irrigation practices.
		This would entail establishing community based organisations to organise and build consensus on matters such as efficient irrigation practices, increased awareness regarding the use of water through demonstrated irrigation models and sustained efforts through the establishment of Community Organisations (COs).
		IR has recently opened office in Paghman and is in the process of mobilising "Paghman Integrated Rehabilitation and Development Programme (PIRDP).
	www.islamic-relief.com /projects/afghan/2.htm (199 words)

	Voting Fraud Is Found in Afghanistan's Election - New York Times
		One of the worst cases has been in Paghman, a district west of Kabul, which is the stronghold of Abdurab Rasul Sayyaf, a powerful wartime faction leader and close ally of President Hamid Karzai.
		Ballot boxes from 95 polling stations in Paghman have been set aside for further inspection and 30 to 40 of those had been cleared for counting by today, election officials said.
		The remainder would be excluded from the count because of very clear evidence of fraud, one foreign observer said, asking not to be identified because the observer had not been permitted to speak to reporters.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/10/03/international/asia/03afghancnd.html?ei=5088&en=4ea27f717e823ff9&ex=1285992000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print (578 words)

	HRW: "Killing You is a Very Easy Thing For Us": Human Rights Abuses in Southeast Afghanistan: VII. Denial of Basic ...
		For example, in one of the more isolated villages in Paghman that Human Rights Watch visited, we interviewed a seventeen-year-old teacher who was able to walk several kilometers to her class, accompanied by another girl, during the day, even though she was young and unmarried.
		Another man, also unable to return to his hometown in Paghman, confirmed: “[In Paghman], if a pregnant woman needs to deliver her baby, she cannot reach the hospital and she may lose her life.
		A man from Paghman whose wife was a teacher told us that they could not move back from Kabul, where they were living, to Paghman, because she would not be able to work there.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2003/afghanistan0703/12.htm (11410 words)

	Welcome to the official website of the Embassy of Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I toured the Dehsabz and Paghman Districts of Kabul and visited a number of private sector establishments, including the Arman Radio and Tolo Television stations, the new emerging residential blocks of Dehsabz and up market houses of Wazir Akbar Khan, a marble-making factory and a stone-crushing factory; both on the outskirts of the Capital.
		Paghman has an estimated population of 250000 in summer.
		As we headed towards the valley, next to the education minaret, commemorating the birth place of King Amanullah Khan, we saw the main mosque of the district which was badly damaged during the years of war.
	www.afghanembassy.net /n_ambassador.html (2005 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Sayyaf's men in Paghman have broken up weddings at which music is being played, and beaten up villagers for listening to music on cassette players.
		Earlier this year, the organizer fell afoul of Sayyaf after he published an editorial in his paper that alleged the warlord might have been involved in the killing of civilians during fighting in west Kabul in 1992 and 1993.
		Across the country, Afghan activists and political opponents are tired of being told that their country is on the mend when they know it is not, and they are frustrated with the dominance of Sayyaf, Fahim and their kind.
	e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocsArticles/BB87064F3893572487256D8A00680325?OpenDocument (4483 words)

	Houses / homes for sale or for rent in Paghman - Vacation Rental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If you are considering buying real estate in Paghman, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
		When renting a home in Paghman you are usually limited to the changes/improvements you can make.
		In many cases vacation rentals in Paghman are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Paghman.
	www.propertyworld.com /_Afghanistan_Kabol_Paghman (831 words)

	Paghman - Village Girlsr
		A beautiful scene, taken outside Paghman west of Kabul in the fall of 1977.
		These girsl have been gather leaves falling from the trees, collecting food for their animals including these two small goats seen here.
		Paghman was the site for the summer residence of the kings, situated at more than 9000 feet high in the Hindu Kush, well above the dusty valley floor in which Kabul itself sits.
	www.tcoletribalrugs.com /resources/photos-new/1012pics/1012pagmangirls.html (69 words)

	RedOrbit NEWS \| Two U.S. embassy staff hurt in blast near Kabul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Afghan Interior Ministry Spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said the incident occurred on a dirt road in Paghman, a resort area located some 20 km (12 miles) west of the capital.
		Paghman police chief Mohmmad Nayem Ibrahimkhel said the blast was caused by a remote controlled device, but did not say who may have been behind it.
		Paghman is not regarded as an area where the ousted Taliban militants are active.
	www.redorbit.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=215012 (274 words)

	We're losing the war in Afghanistan, too - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A human rights worker reports from the other front in the U.S. war on terror, where warlords reign supreme, music is once again banned, journalists hide from gunmen, and even the streets of Kabul are filled with fear.
		Many of the footprints from crimes committed in the Kabul area lead directly to Paghman's de facto ruler, Abdul Rabb al-Rasul Sayyaf -- an archconservative Islamic fundamentalist with links to extremist Saudi groups, whose main sub-commanders are running extortion and kidnapping cartels right out of central Paghman.
		Paghman villagers told me a few months ago of how the governor of Paghman, a protégé of Sayyaf's, beat up some old men at a wedding in late 2002, insulting each of them in turn for listening to music:
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2003/08/21/afghanwar/index_np.html (2528 words)

	Manhunt launched for UN hostages - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mashal said 500 newly trained Afghan police commandos from an elite quick reaction unit were Friday scouring Kabul and the mountainous Paghman valley 30 kilometers (18 miles) west of the city.
		Paghman has a reputation for kidnapping and banditry and is considered an easy place to hide.
		Several Afghans have been abducted in the past and taken to Paghman, all their cases were solved privately and without police involvement, an Afghan intelligence official said.
	news.inq7.net /breaking/index.php?index=3&story_id=16477 (800 words)

	USATODAY.com - Official: Afghan election probe won't affect results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The election process has been overshadowed by concerns that a number of powerful warlords — accused of serious human rights abuses during Afghanistan's years of civil war — were allowed to run for office.
		Paghman is a stronghold of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a powerful former guerrilla leader and arch-conservative suspected of having had links to al-Qaeda.
		Despite the quarantining of ballot boxes in Sayyaf's home district, he currently is fourth in the vote count for Kabul and appears set to win one of its 33 seats in the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga, or National Assembly.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-02-afghan-elections_x.htm (520 words)

	AROUND THE WORLD; Afghan Guerrillas Said to Yield a Town - New York Times
		Afghan insurgents recently gave up their hold on Paghman, a town near Kabul, and allowed a Soviet-Afghan force to occupy it without a fight, a Western diplomatic source said today.
		The diplomat quoted a local source as saying that rebels in the Paghman area had captured and killed 10 Soviet soldiers from Sept. 23-29.
		It is believed that guerrillas based in Paghman have infiltrated into Kabul and organized a series of attacks on Communist Party members and Government offices.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E4DE1239F934A35753C1A967948260 (145 words)

	Kabul
		Tappe-i-Maranjan is a nearby hill where Buddhist statues and Graceo-Bactrian coins from the 2nd century BC have been found.
		Paghman and Jalalabad are interesting valleys north and east of the city.
		The Kabul Zoo was once home to a lion named Marjan who was maimed in a grenade attack.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kabul.html (1548 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Zarifi said there were also allegations that, since the overthrow of the Taliban, Sayyaf and other warlords had been involved in intimidation of political rivals, contributing to a prevailing atmosphere of fear.
		He said voters had the choice of who to vote for and, if there was a tribunal to prosecute abuses, parliament could decide whether to lift the immunity of anyone elected.
		Nineteen-year-old student Rahifullhah, walking past Paghman's jewel-blue Qarghar Lake, said Sayyaf was respected as a jihadi (holy war) commander who worked for the good of the people.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/4BFB2D6B9C5931138725707C00608C8F?OpenDocument (783 words)

	4 US troops killed in Afghan explosion -DAWN - Top Stories; August 22, 2005
		Interior Ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said the incident occurred on a dirt road in Paghman, a picnic spot 20km west of the capital.
		Paghman police chief Mohammad Nayem Ibrahimkhel said the blast was caused by a remote controlled device, but did not say who might have been behind it.
		Paghman is not regarded as an area where Taliban or allied fighters are active.—-Reuters
	www.dawn.com /2005/08/22/top5.htm (377 words)

	HRW: "Killing You is a Very Easy Thing For Us": Human Rights Abuses in Southeast Afghanistan: III. Abuses Against ...
		According to a news report, police arrested men in Paghman several weeks after the incident, but ISAF officials later told Human Rights Watch they had information that troops of Commander Ezatullah, one of the main commanders in Paghman, were linked to the rape.
		This incident is well known to Paghman residents, who take it as evidence of the Afghan troops’ power and their own vulnerability: that even an international aid worker—a foreigner much better protected than most Afghan woman—can be raped.
		A man from Paghman living in Kabul gave another reason why he and his family did not want to return: “[I]n Paghman there is no place to go to complain about anything that has happened, like if a thief comes at night.
	hrw.org /reports/2003/afghanistan0703/8.htm (14859 words)

	Here and Now : Storyteller's Daughter - 10/8/2003
		Pomegranate seeds were like rubies, and the melons were so plentiful, they were given to the goats.
		Her father was describing Paghman, the family seat for 900 years.
		Paghman overlooked a city full of villas and minarets.
	www.here-now.org /shows/2003/10/20031008_5.asp (209 words)

	Meetups near Paghman - Meetup.com
		Home > Meetups By City > Afghanistan > Meetups near Paghman
		There are currently no top interests within 50 miles of Paghman.
		Receive a free weekly calendar of upcoming Meetups near your city.
	www.meetup.com /cities/af/paghman (33 words)

	Islamic Relief - Paghman Education Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		School buildings have been destroyed or damaged by the ongoing conflict, and classes have been abandoned as civilians fled areas of heavy fighting.
		Islamic Relief has undertaken the Paghman Education Project to reconstruct destroyed school buildings in the Paghman district, allowing boys and girls from almost 50 villages to go back to their schools.
		To repair, renovate or where necessary, reconstruct physical infrastructure of selected existing schools in the Paghman area.
	www.islamic-relief.com /projects/afghan/3.htm (292 words)

	PAGHMAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Paghman is the most favored summer resort of Kabul.
		The imposing victory arch, standing in the central square, was built by King Amanullah in commemoration of the War of Independence in 1919.
		Note: Unfortunately, most of these historical sites were severely damaged by two decades of war and armed conflicts in Afghanistan.
	www.afghan.org /pic7.htm (86 words)

	First major battle of retreating Arab militants waged outside Kabul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The battle in Paghman was ferocious, according to Khan Aga Jan, a northern alliance soldier aligned with the Ittehad-e-Islami faction of Abdur Rassool Sayyaf.
		Several hundred al-Qaida members were headquartered in Paghman, many of them living in the abandoned home of Sayyaf, according to Shamsul Haq, a resident who lived nearby.
		At his home in Paghman, Sayyaf refused to answer questions about the battle with the al-Qaida warriors or his long association with militant Arabs.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3bf6b4f3573b.htm (1687 words)

	USAID Telling Our Story: Rebuilding Afghanistan, New Irrigation Technology Gives Families Hope
		Sixty-four-year-old Habiabdul Habib and his family returned to their home in Paghman from Pakistan five years ago after spending twelve years living as refugees while their home was destroyed by Taliban and Northern Alliance fighters.
		Despite heavy winter snow and increased rainfall from 2002 - 2003, Paghman continues to suffer from a water shortage.
		The 20-year-old son of Habiabdul Habib, owner of the 10,000-tree Paghman orchard, loads wooden crates full with apples.
	www.usaid.gov /stories/afghanistan/ss_afghan_irrigationdrip.html (505 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Afghan warlord backs abuse probe, says not guilty
		PAGHMAN, Afghanistan - A former mujahideen leader accused of war crimes said on Wednesday he supports an investigation into abuses during Afghanistan’s long civil war.
		But Abdul Rabb Rasoul Sayyaf, whose Ittihad-i-Islami faction battled Soviet occupiers in the 1980s and helped US-led forces to oust the Taleban in 2001, denied wrongdoing and defended his right to stand in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
		Zarifi said there were also allegations that, since the overthrow of the Taleban, Sayyaf and other warlords had been involved in intimidation of political rivals, contributing to a prevailing atmosphere of fear.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /displayArticle.asp?col=§ion=subcontinent&xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/September/subcontinent_September544.xml (755 words)

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