New US air strategy in Afghanistan: First, do no harm
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<themilitaryto...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> New US air strategy inAfghanistan: First, do no harm
Marja is the target of Operation Moshtarak, a NATO-Afghan joint
offensive involving 15,000 Afghan, Canadian, American, and British
troops.[12]
.
In December 2009 it was still called "the most fearsome Taliban
stronghold in Helmand Province" in an area out of ISAF control during
the Taliban insurgency. According to U.S. Marine commanders the town
was a sanctuary for some 1,000 fighters.[11]
.
Marja's population has been reported to be about 80-85,000,[1][2]
rising to around 125,000 when surrounded areas are included in the
count.[3], LESS than half of one percent of Afghanistans population
.
Population
A 2009 UN estimate of the total Afghan population is 28,150,000.[3]
In 1979, it was 13,051,358 , .more than double in 30 years
By 2050, the population is estimated to be increased to about 82
million.[135]
About 2.7 million Afghan refugees are currently registered in Pakistan
and Iran.[136]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#Population
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_AfghanistanAs of June 2005,
the Afghan Ministry of the Interior recognised 398 districts, divided
between the 34 provinces. This number is expected to change with
further administrative reorganization.
The districts are listed below, by province:
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Northern Mainland Afghanistan
o 1.1 North Eastern Afghanistan
+ 1.1.1 Badakhshan Province
+ 1.1.2 Baghlan Province
+ 1.1.3 Kunduz Province
+ 1.1.4 Takhar Province
o 1.2 North Western Afghanistan
+ 1.2.1 Balkh Province
+ 1.2.2 Faryab Province
+ 1.2.3 Jowzjan Province
+ 1.2.4 Samangan Province
+ 1.2.5 Sare Pol Province
* 2 Central Mainland Afghanistan
o 2.1 Central Afghanistan
+ 2.1.1 Kabul Province
+ 2.1.2 Kapisa Province
+ 2.1.3 Logar Province
+ 2.1.4 Panjshir Province
+ 2.1.5 Parwan Province
+ 2.1.6 Wardak Province
o 2.2 Eastern Afghanistan
+ 2.2.1 Kunar Province
+ 2.2.2 Laghman Province
+ 2.2.3 Nangarhar Province
+ 2.2.4 Nuristan Province
o 2.3 Western Afghanistan
+ 2.3.1 Badghis Province
+ 2.3.2 Bamyan Province
+ 2.3.3 Farah Province
+ 2.3.4 Ghor Province
+ 2.3.5 Herat Province
* 3 Southern Mainland Afghanistan
o 3.1 South Eastern Afghanistan
+ 3.1.1 Ghazni Province
+ 3.1.2 Khost Province
+ 3.1.3 Paktia Province
+ 3.1.4 Paktika Province
o 3.2 South Western Afghanistan
+ 3.2.1 Daykundi Province
+ 3.2.2 Helmand Province
+ 3.2.3 Kandahar Province
+ 3.2.4 Nimruz Province
+ 3.2.5 Orūzgān Province
+ 3.2.6 Zabul Province
* 4 References
[edit] Northern Mainland Afghanistan
[edit] North Eastern Afghanistan
[edit] Badakhshan Province
Districts of Badakhshan.
Detailed Information of Badakhshan ProvinceCurrent Map of the
Districts of Badakhshan
* Arghanj Khwa - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Argo - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Baharak
* Darayim - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Darwaz
* Darwazi Bala - formerly part of Darwaz District
* Fayzabad
* Ishkashim
* Jurm
* Khash - formerly part of Jurm District
* Khwahan
* Kishim
* Kohistan - formerly part of Baharak District
* Kuf Ab - formerly part of Khwahan District
* Kuran Wa Munjan
* Ragh
* Shahri Buzurg
* Shighnan
* Shiki - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Shuhada - formerly part of Baharak District
* Tagab - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Tishkan - formerly part of Kishim District
* Wakhan
* Wurduj - formerly part of Baharak District
* Yaftali Sufla - formerly part of Fayzabad District
* Yamgan - formerly part of Baharak District
* Yawan - formerly part of Ragh District
* Zebak
[edit] Baghlan Province
Districts of Baghlan.
Detailed Information of Baghlan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Baghlan
* Andarab
* Baghlan - now part of Baghlani Jadid District
* Baghlani Jadid
* Burka
* Dahana i Ghuri
* Dih Salah - formerly part of Andarab District
* Dushi
* Farang wa Gharu - formerly part of Khost Wa Fereng District
* Guzargahi Nur - formerly part of Khost Wa Fereng District
* Khinjan
* Khost wa Fereng
* Khwaja Hijran - formerly part of Andarab District
* Nahrin
* Puli Hisar - formerly part of Andarab District
* Puli Khumri
* Tala Wa Barfak
[edit] Kunduz Province
Districts of Kunduz.
Detailed Information of Kunduz ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Kunduz
* Ali Abad
* Archi
* Chahar Dara
* Imam Sahib
* Khan Abad
* Kunduz
* Qalay-I-Zal
[edit] Takhar Province
Districts of Takhar.
Detailed Information of Takhar ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Takhar
* Baharak - formerly part of Taluqan District
* Bangi
* Chah Ab
* Chal
* Darqad
* Dashti Qala - formerly part of Khwaja Ghar District
* Farkhar
* Hazar Sumuch - formerly part of Taluqan District
* Ishkamish
* Kalafgan
* Khwaja Baha Wuddin - formerly part of Yangi Qala District
* Khwaja Ghar
* Namak Ab - formerly part of Taluqan District
* Rustaq
* Taluqan
* Warsaj
* Yangi Qala
[edit] North Western Afghanistan
[edit] Balkh Province
Districts of Balkh.
Detailed Information of Balkh ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Balkh
* Balkh
* Chahar Bolak
* Chahar Kint
* Chimtal
* Dawlatabad
* Dihdadi
* Kaldar
* Khulmi
* Kishindih
* Marmul
* Mazar-e Sharif
* Nahri Shahi
* Sholgara
* Shortepa
* Zari - formerly part of Kishindih District
[edit] Faryab Province
Districts of Faryab.
Detailed Information of Faryab ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Faryab
* Almar
* Andkhoy
* Bilchiragh
* Dawlat Abad
* Gurziwan - formerly part of Bilchiragh District
* Khani Chahar Bagh
* Khwaja Sabz Posh
* Kohistan
* Maymana
* Pashtun Kot
* Qaramqol
* Qaysar
* Qurghan - formerly part of Andkhoy District
* Shirin Tagab
[edit] Jowzjan Province
Districts of Jowzjan.
Detailed Information of Jowzjan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Jowzjan
* Aqcha
* Darzab
* Fayzabad
* Khamyab
* Khaniqa - formerly part of Aqcha District
* Khwaja Du Koh
* Mardyan
* Mingajik
* Qarqin
* Qush Tepa - formerly part of Shibirghan District
* Shibirghan
[edit] Samangan Province
Districts of Samangan.
Detailed Information of Samangan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Samangan
* Aybak
* Dara-I-Sufi Balla - created within the former Dara-I-Suf
District
* Dara-I-Sufi Payan - created within the former Dara-I-Suf
District
* Feroz Nakhchir - formerly part of Khulmi District; shifted from
Balkh Province
* Hazrati Sultan
* Khuram Wa Sarbagh
* Ruyi Du Ab
[edit] Sare Pol Province
Districts of Sar-e Pol.
Detailed Information of Sar-e-Pol ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Sar-e-Pol
* Balkhab
* Gosfandi - formerly part of Sayyad District; most recently
created district up to date
* Kohistanat
* Sangcharak
* Sari Pul
* Sayyad
* Sozma Qala
[edit] Central Mainland Afghanistan
[edit] Central Afghanistan
[edit] Kabul Province
Districts of Kabul.
Detailed Information of Kabul ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Kabul
* Bagrami
* Chahar Asyab
* Deh Sabz
* Farza - formerly part of Mir Bacha Kot District
* Guldara
* Istalif
* Kabul
* Kalakan
* Khaki Jabbar
* Mir Bacha Kot
* Mussahi
* Paghman
* Qarabagh
* Shakardara
* Surobi
[edit] Kapisa Province
Districts of Kapisa.
Detailed Information of Kapisa ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Kapisa
* Alasay
* Hesa Awal Kohistan - created within the former Kohistan District
* Hesa Duwum Kohistan - created within the former Kohistan
District
* Koh Band
* Mahmud Raqi
* Nijrab
* Tagab
[edit] Logar Province
Districts of Logar.
Detailed Information of Logar ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Logar
* Azra - shifted from Paktia Province
* Baraki Barak
* Charkh
* Kharwar - formerly part of Charkh District
* Khoshi
* Mohammad Agha
* Pul-i-Alam
[edit] Panjshir Province
District of Panjshir.
Detailed Information of Panjsher ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Panjsher
* Anaba - created within the former Panjsher District
* Bazarak - created within the former Panjsher District
* Darah - created within the former Hisa Duwum Panjsher District
* Khenj - created within the former Hisa Awal Panjsher District
* Paryan - created within the former Hisa Awal Panjsher District
* Rokha - created within parts of the former Hisa Duwum Panjsher
and Panjsher Districts
* Shotul - created within the former Panjsher District
[edit] Parwan Province
Districts of Parwan.
Detailed Information of Parwan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Parwan
* Bagram
* Chaharikar
* Ghorband
* Jabal Saraj
* Kohi Safi
* Salang
* Sayed Khel - formerly part of Jabul Saraj District
* Shekh Ali
* Shinwari
* Surkhi Parsa
[edit] Wardak Province
Districts of Wardak.
Detailed Information of Wardak ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Wardak
* Chaki Wardak
* Day Mirdad
* Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud
* Jaghatu - shifted from Ghazni Province
* Jalrez
* Markazi Bihsud
* Maydan Shahr
* Nirkh
* Saydabad
[edit] Eastern Afghanistan
[edit] Kunar Province
Districts of Kunar.
Detailed Information of Kunar ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Kunar
* Asadabad
* Bar Kunar
* Chapa Dara
* Chawkay
* Dangam
* Dara-I-Pech
* Ghaziabad - formerly part of Nurgal District
* Khas Kunar
* Marawara
* Narang Wa Badil
* Nari
* Nurgal
* Shaygal Wa Shiltan - formerly part of Chapa Dara District
* Sirkanay
* Wata Pur - formerly part of Asadabad District
[edit] Laghman Province
Districts of Laghman.
Detailed Information of Laghman ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Laghman
* Alingar
* Alishing
* Dawlat Shah
* Mihtarlam
* Qarghayi
[edit] Nangarhar Province
Districts of Nangarhar.
Detailed Information of Nangarhar ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Nangarhar
* Achin
* Bati Kot
* Bihsud - formerly part of Jalalabad District
* Chaparhar
* Dara-I-Nur
* Dih Bala
* Dur Baba
* Goshta
* Hisarak
* Jalalabad
* Kama
* Khogyani
* Kot - formerly part of Rodat District
* Kuz Kunar
* Lal Pur
* Muhmand Dara
* Nazyan
* Pachir Wa Agam
* Rodat
* Sherzad
* Shinwar
* Surkh Rod
[edit] Nuristan Province
Districts of Nurestan.
Detailed Information of Nurestan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Nurestan
* Bargi Matal
* Du Ab - formerly part of Kamdesh District
* Kamdesh
* Mandol
* Nurgaram - formerly part of Kamdesh District
* Paroon
* Wama
* Waygal
[edit] Western Afghanistan
[edit] Badghis Province
Districts of Badghis.
Detailed Information of Badghis ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Badghis
* Ab Kamari
* Ghormach
* Jawand
* Muqur
* Murghab
* Qadis
* Qala-I-Naw
[edit] Bamyan Province
Districts of Bamyan.
Detailed Information of Bamiyan ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Bamiyan
* Bamyan
* Kahmard - shifted from Baghlan Province
* Panjab
* Sayghan - formerly part of Kahmard District; shifted from
Baghlan Province
* Shibar
* Waras
* Yakawlang
[edit] Farah Province
Districts of Farah.
Detailed Information of Farah ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Farah
* Anar Dara
* Bakwa
* Bala Buluk
* Farah
* Gulistan
* Khaki Safed
* Lash wa Juwayn
* Pur Chaman
* Pusht Rod
* Qala i Kah
* Shib Koh
[edit] Ghor Province
Districts of Ghor.
Detailed Information of Ghor ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Ghor
* Chaghcharan
* Charsada - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
* Dawlat Yar - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
* Du Layna - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
* Lal Wa Sarjangal
* Pasaband
* Saghar
* Shahrak
* Taywara
* Tulak
[edit] Herat Province
Districts of Herat.
Detailed Information of Herat ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Herat
* Adraskan
* Chishti Sharif
* Farsi
* Ghoryan
* Gulran
* Guzara
* Hirat
* Injil
* Karukh
* Kohsan
* Kushk
* Kushki Kuhna
* Obe
* Pashtun Zarghun
* Shindand
* Zinda Jan
[edit] Southern Mainland Afghanistan
[edit] South Eastern Afghanistan
[edit] Ghazni Province
Districts of Ghazni.
Detailed Information of Ghazni ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Ghazni
* Ab Band
* Ajristan
* Andar
* Dih Yak
* Gelan
* Ghazni City
* Giro
* Jeghatoo (Waeez Shahid)
* Jaghuri
* Khugiani - created from parts of Waeez Shahid and Ghazni
Districts
* Khwaja Umari - formerly part of Waeez Shahid District
* Malistan
* Muqur
* Nawa
* Nawur
* Qarabagh
* Rashidan - formerly part of Waeez Shahid District
* Waghaz - formerly part of Muqur District
* Zana Khan
[edit] Khost Province
Districts of Khost.
Detailed Information of Khost ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Khost
* Bak
* Gurbuz
* Jaji Maydan
* Khost (Matun)
* Mandozai
* Musa Khel
* Nadir Shah Kot
* Qalandar
* Sabari
* Shamal - shifted from Paktia Province
* Spera
* Tani
* Tere Zayi
[edit] Paktia Province
Districts of Paktia.
Detailed Information of Paktia ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Paktia
* Ahmadabad - formerly part of Sayed Karam District
* Chamkani
* Dand Wa Patan
* Gardez
* Jaji
* Jani Khel
* Lazha Ahmad Khel
* Sayed Karam
* Shwak
* Wuza Zadran
* Zurmat
Paktia is a place where all Pashton people live there. But recently
they have been influenced by Pakistani Taliban too much.
[edit] Paktika Province
Districts of Paktika.
Detailed Information of Paktika ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Paktika
* Barmal
* Dila
* Gayan
* Gomal
* Jani Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
* Mata Khan
* Nika
* Omna
* Sar Hawza
* Sarobi
* Sharan
* Terwa - formerly part of Waza Khwa District
* Urgun
* Waza Khwa
* Wor Mamay
* Yahya Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
* Yosuf Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
* Zarghun Shahr
* Ziruk
[edit] South Western Afghanistan
[edit] Daykundi Province
Districts of Daykundi.
Detailed Information of Daykundi ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Daykundi
* Gizab - shifted from Oruzgan Province
* Ishtarlay - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted
from Oruzgan Province
* Kajran - shifted from Oruzgan Province
* Khadir - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted
from Oruzgan Province
* Kiti - formerly part of Kajran District; shifted from Oruzgan
Province
* Miramor - formerly part of Sharistan District; shifted from
Oruzgan Province
* Nili - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted from
Oruzgan Province
* Sangtakht - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted
from Oruzgan Province
* Shahristan - shifted from Oruzgan Province
[edit] Helmand Province
Districts of Helmand.
Detailed Information of Helmand ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Helmand
* Baghran
* Dishu
* Garmsir
* Gerishk
* Kajaki
* Khanashin
* Lashkargah
* Musa Qala
* Nad Ali
* Nawa-I-Barakzayi
* Nawzad
* Sangin
* Washir
Marjah District
[edit] Kandahar Province
Districts of Kandahar.
Detailed Information of Kandahar ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Kandahar
* Arghandab
* Arghistan
* Daman
* Ghorak
* Kandahar
* Khakrez
* Maruf
* Maywand
* Miyan Nasheen - formerly part of Shah Wali Kot District
* Naish - shifted from Oruzgan Province
* Panjwaye
* Reg
* Shah Wali Kot
* Shorabak
* Spin Boldak
* Zhari - created from parts of Maywand and Panjwaye Districts
[edit] Nimruz Province
Districts of Nimruz.
Detailed Information of Nimruz ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Nimruz
* Chahar Burjak
* Chakhansur
* Kang
* Khash Rod
* Zaranj
[edit] Orūzgān Province
Districts of Orūzgān.
Detailed Information of Orūzgān ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts
of Orūzgān
* Chora
* Deh Rahwod
* Khas Uruzgan
* Shahidi Hassas
* Tarin Kowt
Dirawud District
[edit] Zabul Province
Districts of Zabul.
Detailed Information of Zabul ProvinceCurrent Map of the Districts of
Zabul
* Argahandab
* Atghar
* Daychopan
* Kakar - formerly part of Argahandab District
* Mizan
* Naw Bahar - created from parts of Shamulzuyi and Shinkay
Districts
* Qalat
* Shah Joy
* Shamulzayi
* Shinkay
* Tarnak Wa Jaldak