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Nuristan controlled by Talibs: Next to fall Laghman, Nangarhar, Zabul, Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar

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Nuristan controlled by Talibs: Next to fall Laghman, Nangarhar, Zabul, Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar

Kamdesh District in the Nuristan Province in A...

Kamdesh District in the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Nuristan province of Pakistan is not connected to Kabul by road. It is connected to the world via Pakistan. The Afghan Talibs control Nuristan. It was the scene of some of the toughest battles with the Soviets. The US gave up on the province and withdrew in 2009.  Eric Newby’s book “A short walk in the Hindu Kush” made the province famous. The armies of
Alexander the Great may have passed through it with his army

The BBC reports that the following provinces:

  • Map of Afghanistan with Nuristan highlighted

    Map of Afghanistan with Nuristan highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    Laghman – a Taliban stronghold close to Kabul. The provincial capital, Mehtar Lam, is especially insecure. Was handed over by Nato to Afghan forces in 2010

  • Nangarhar – many of its districts are often attacked by insurgents -
  • Chaprihar district lies 15km from the capital Jalalabad but is a no-go area for government employees
  • Zabul – this strategically important province, providing access to Ghazni, Uruzgan and Kandahar, now has virtually no Nato presence. The Taliban have filled the vacuum
  • Ghazni – like Zabul has almost no Nato presence, allowing the Taliban and al-Qaeda to assume control
  • Helmand – Kabul’s writ has never run strong in the remote southern plains
    Kandahar – spiritual home of the Taliban, who retain a presence in rural areas
  • Mountainous Nuristan is one of the most volatile and inaccessible provinces in Afghanistan, writes the BBC’s Bilal Sarwary. It is also one of its most insecure – could other parts of the country go the same way?

Provincial police chief Gen Ghulamullah Nuristani says four of Nuristan’s eight districts are on the verge of falling into militant hands.

Governor Mohammad Tamim Nuristani, the man responsible for securing and administering the province has reasons to be worried. Medical facilities are non-existant and the law and order is run by the Talibs.

Two districts border Pakistan – Barge Mattal and Kamdesh.

The province has not been abandoned – pointing out that fighting in Afghanistan is now restricted to 17 provinces, Nuristan being one of them.


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