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	Panjshir Province: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/panjshir_province.htm (314 words)

	Panjshir Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Panjshir (literally "Five Lions" in Persian) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
		Ahmad Shah Massoud, known as "The Lion of Panjshir" was a famous leader who was assassinated by a suicide bomber on 9 September, 2001.
		This page was last modified 05:19, 1 June 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panjshir_Province (85 words)

	Panjshir province - TheBestLinks.com - April 13, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 2004, TheBestLinks.com:Perfect ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		Panjshir province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Panjshir.html (92 words)

	Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Taliban were able to capture 90% of the country, aside from the Afghan Northern Alliance strongholds primarily found in the northeast in the Panjshir Valley.
		Afghanistan is administratively divided into 34 provinces (velayat), which are further subdivided into districts.
		The two famous statues of Buddha in the Bamiyan Province were destroyed by the Taliban, who regarded them as idolatrous.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/afghanistan (4674 words)

	Afghanistan Provinces
		A 1990 estimate of the population of Daikondi was 127,661.
		A 2004 estimate of the population of Panjshir was 307,620.
		Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved From Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst.
	www.statoids.com /uaf.html (1084 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PANJSHIR:- Out of a 110 usable and repairable heavy weapons collected from Afghan provinces, 80 pieces were collected from the northern Panjshir province, the UN said Sunday 27th.
		The weapons from Panjshir which included tanks and different types of cannons, were eventually moved to Jabal Saraj regiment.
		Mohammad Zahir Azemi, a spokesman for the defense ministry in Kabul, said that this was the fifth stage of moving weapons from the province.
	www.sabawoon.com /newsnew/miniheadlines.asp?dismode=article&artid=21381 (225 words)

	- DefendAmerica News Article
		PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2005 — Striking scenery and a storied history surround the team members of Afghanistan’s newest Provisional Reconstruction Team (PRT).
		Located in the Panjshir valley, the former bastion of the famed Afghan general Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Panjshir PRT takes a new and unique approach to civic assistance.
		“Panjshir is different; it has a different history from the rest of Afghanistan,” he said.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/nov2005/a112105ms3.html (1082 words)

	U.S., Coalition Efforts Helping Improve Afghanistan
		In Uruzgan province, Afghan construction workers completed male and female hygiene facilities and a fresh water well at a local boy's school in central Afghanistan over the past week.
		Diplomats from around the world visited the provincial reconstruction team in Panjshir province Jan. 21 to witness reconstruction efforts of Combined Joint Task Force 76 and the newest PRT.
		The first of its kind, the Panjshir PRT is a joint effort between the members of CJTF 76 and the U.S. Embassy.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,86145,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS (575 words)

	Diplomats Visit Panjshir Reconstruction Team - DefendAmerica News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2006 — Diplomats from around the world visited the new Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team in Panjshir Province on Jan. 21 to view the progress of the reconstruction efforts.
		The Panjshir team is the first of its kind.
		It is a joint effort between the members of Combined Joint Task Force-76 and the U.S. Embassy and is commanded by Fletcher Burton, a civilian with the U.S. State Department.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/feb2006/a020206tj2.html (331 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Five years after the Taliban’s assassination of resistance fighter Ahmed Shah Massoud (lovingly known as the “Lion of the Panjshir”), new, less traditional leaders are emerging to protect the legendary valley in northeast Afghanistan.
		One such leader is provincial council member Homyra Daud, a 35-year-old gynecologist who gave up her practice to represent Panjshir province.
		As one of three women on the nine-member Panjshir Provincial Council, she says she’s determined to use the tools of government to fight for the rights and needs of the nearly 72,000 people she represents.
	www.sabawoon.com /newsnew/miniheadlines.asp?dismode=article&artid=28464 (536 words)

	Ummah.com - Good news:
		The tenant is from the Panjshir (same province as most of the Northern Alliance Commanders so the word 'duh' comes to mind) and had many deep connections with Qazi Wali, Communist collaborater during the Russo-Afghan war.
		Believe it or not there were times during the taliban era when there were just only 50-100 Taliban militias in a province only and there were no crimes, looting,corruption, killings, insecurity, instability etc. in that entire province.
		You were able to drive alone at night in the barren tracks carrying with yourself a stock of gold and treasures, and nobody would have harmed you or stole from you.
	www.ummah.net /forum/printthread.php?t=22258 (869 words)

	Afghanistan - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The earthquakes occurred at Samangan Province (March 3) and Baghlan Province (March 25).
		The two famous statues of Buddha in the Bamiyan province were destroyed by the Taliban because they were regarded as being symbols of another religion.
		The people of Afghanistan being renowned horsemen, the sport known as Buzkashi is popular there.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /a/af/afghanistan.html (1620 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He said the residents of Bagrami province were already registered under previous regimes and already held ID cards, but the district offices responsible for the record keeping had been destroyed during the various phases of war that Afghans faced in the country.
		In some provinces, over 61 per cent of children are not enrolled, and over 80 per cent of girls do not attend school.
		The attack was not unique, as local tribesmen increasingly are targeting natural gas facilities in the province to settle accounts with the central government, ask for higher royalties, or promote their nationalist agendas.
	www.mof.gov.af /pr/Press_Review_Feb18-24.doc (17398 words)

	Civilian deaths could fuel Taliban support - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The risk of civilian casualties appears to have heightened as security forces and militants, who often hide among their ethnic Pashtun brethren, have gone head-to-head in some of the deadliest combat since the hard-line Taliban regime was ousted by U.S.-led forces in late 2001.
		In the eastern city of Gardez, near the border with Pakistan, tribal leaders have shown the commission fliers printed by the Taliban that cited civilian casualties as a reason to join the militants' struggle, he said.
		The worst such incident came in July 2002, when Afghan officials said 48 civilians were killed and 117 wounded in an airstrike in Uruzgan province.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/05/28/civilian_deaths_could_fuel_taliban_support (1039 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Afghanistan: Diplomats visit new provincial reconstruction team in Panjshir ...
		Afghanistan: Diplomats visit new provincial reconstruction team in Panjshir province
		Kabul, 23 January (IRIN) - Diplomats of various countries have visited the first Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed by a US civilian in the northern Panjshir province to observe reconstruction efforts in the area, a statement by the US-led Coalition forces said on Sunday.
		A joint effort between the members of CJTF-76 and the US Embassy in the capital Kabul, headed by Fletcher Burton, a US Department of State civilian, the Panjshir PRT is the first of its kind in the post-conflict country.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RURI-6LBML3?OpenDocument (491 words)

	WORLD IN BRIEF
		Rahim Wardak, the defense minister, had already been dropped off at the airport, so he was not hurt when nine gunmen wearing police uniforms opened fire on his vehicle as it pulled away, according to Gen. Mohammed Saher Azimi, a ministry spokesman.
		The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered under the Indian Ocean, about 20 miles northwest of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, said an official at the Jakarta office of the Meteorological and Geophysical Agency.
		The meeting came as Syria is facing international demands that it cooperate with a U.N. probe into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/10/AR2005091001293_pf.html (568 words)

	The Cool Blue Blog: Helping Afghanistan
		Canada assumed command of the reconstruction team in Kandahar, one of the provinces in Regional Command South, which is scheduled to be transferred to NATO control in 2006.
		September brought more change with the opening of the first paved road, aptly named “The Road of the Future,” in Paktika Province, The province’s governor, Gulab Mangal, described the road as a visible symbol of the improving quality of life and infrastructure that come with peace in the province.
		Located within the province, Panjshir Valley is the home of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a champion of Afghan freedom, who fought against Soviet and Taliban forces.
	coolblue.typepad.com /the_cool_blue_blog/helping_afghanistan (12924 words)

	Strategic Insights -- The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country’s Troubled ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He also appointed Fahim as one of three vice-presidents, strengthening Fahim’s position in the Transition Government.[17] This move was a clear indication of the power of the Tajiks as well as the Northern Alliance and signaled Karzai's acceptance of the Panjshiris as necessary partners in his militarily weak government.
		In 13 of the 34 Afghan provinces voter registration exceeded the number of eligible voters.”[47] All of these provinces lie along the Afghan-Pakistan border where Taliban and insurgent attacks have been frequent.
		These data probably suggest voter fraud relative to the primarily Pashtun province of Paktika which also had significant over-registration in the presidential election registration and overwhelmingly voted for President Karzai (88.4 percent) and the Panjshir province which is the primarily Tajik and home base of the Karzai’s major opponent Qanooni.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /si/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.asp (10924 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Afghanistan's Northern Alliance
		Made up of mainly non-Pashtun ethnic groups, it relies on a core of some 15,000 Tajik and Uzbek troops defending the northeastern stronghold, Badakhshan, eastern Takhar province, the Panjshir Valley and part of the Shomali plain north of Kabul.
		In the west central Ghor and Herat provinces, Ismael Khan, a member of Jamiat-I-Islami and former Herat governer is also key figure.
		The alliance controls under 5% of Afghanistan - the Panjshir valley, stronghold and birthplace of Gen Masood, and a small enclave in the mountainous north-east.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1552994.stm (811 words)

	'Lion of Panjshir' dies - Jane's Asia/Pacific News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like Massoud an ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley, Fahim, now in his early fifties, first joined a 1979 anti-communist uprising in the Panjshir led by Massoud; and has fought alongside him ever since.
		Officials from concerned external supporters of the UF - Russia, Iran, Tajkistan and India - were due to meet in Dushanbe on 11 September in an effort to assess the situation.
		If, as seems likely, the Taliban leadership was privy to plans for the assassination, a renewed militia offensive could well unfold in the near future as the UF grapples with the loss of its leader and before the onset of winter in November.
	www.janes.com /regional_news/asia_pacific/news/jir/jir010918_1_n.shtml (1067 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On March 3 and March 25 2002 series of earthquakes struck Afghanistan with a of thousands of homes and over 1800 Over 4000 more people were injured.
		The occurred at Samangan Province (March 3) and Province (March 25).
		two famous statues of Buddha in the Bamiyan province were destroyed by the Taliban because were regarded as being symbols of another
	www.freeglossary.com /Afghanistan (1875 words)

	deseretnews.com \| U.S. crash sparks Afghan riot, anger
		The incident comes after criticism by Afghan officials and human rights activists who said a U.S. airstrike that killed at least 16 civilians earlier this month — possibly as many as 34 — undermines President Hamid Karzai and boosts support for the resurgent Taliban.
		Civilians were killed May 21 in an airstrike on Azizi village in Kandahar province.
		The airstrike came just five weeks after the killings of seven civilians by coalition military in eastern Kunar province that also drew Karzai's ire.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635211328,00.html (1173 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the end of Buzkashi contests held in the Kunduz province 15 new comers were selected and inducted in the composition of Kunduz team yesterday, spokesman in the NOC said.
		In the end of volleyball contests held between the capital and provinces teams 16 athletes from Kabul, Nangharhar, Herat, Laghman, Kunarha, Parwan, Kapisa, and Farah were inducted in the natioanl volleyball teams.
		The UAE businessmen intend to establish commercial ties with the Afghan traders, the Dubai chairman for commerce and industry Abdul Rahman Altawi said in the Afghan conference held in Dubai recently.
	www.bakhtarnews.com /70.htm (905 words)

	Crisis of Impunity - Foreign Assistance To The United Front
		The ousted government is able to generate revenue mainly through its mining operations and the export of precious stones (especially lapis lazuli and emeralds) from the Panjshir Valley and other areas still under its control.
		During its 1998 drive through Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban seized control of the strategic Termez border crossing between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, leaving the United Front with only one land outlet to the outside world-the mountainous border with Tajikistan.
		Both the military governor of Taloqan and the chief civil official in the Panjshir Valley indicated to Human Rights Watch in 1999 that tax revenues gathered by the United Front were just sufficient to cover expenditures for the provision of basic public services.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2001/afghan2/Afghan0701-03.htm (10603 words)

	No female candidates for parliamentary elections in Panjshir and Uruzgam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They added that their local offices in the provinces are encouraging women to participate and nominate themselves for Parliamentary and Provincial Committee elections.
		So far Takhar province has the highest number of female contenders across the provinces; officials say 11 women have nominated themselves for the parliamentary elections.
		Logar and Nimroz provinces have a female candidates for each province.
	www.paktribune.com /news/print.php?id=105853 (270 words)

	MSF-USA: 2002 Activity Report - Afghanistan
		The events of the last year illustrate the vulnerable position of civilians in conflict situations and the dangers of letting political objectives, and not the needs of the people, shape the aid that is given.
		MSF has worked in Afghanistan since 1980, and medical aid programs were underway in 13 of the country's 32 provinces when the events of September 11th took place.
		Projects were ongoing with internally displaced people in Balkh, Baghlan, Herat, Kandahar and Kunduz provinces, while nutritional aid in Nimruz and Sar-i Pul provinces came to an end in May 2002.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /publications/ar/i2002/afghanistan.cfm (1248 words)

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