PRT Kapisa Afghanistan 2010
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Slideshow of PRT Kapisa training and then going to Afghanistan
Kapisa
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Abdul Sattar Murad
Abdul Sattar Murad was the Governor of Kapisa Province in Afghanistan from 2004 - 2007. He was removed from office in July 2007 by President Hamid Karzai, and a replacement has not yet been named. The ostensible reason for Murad's removal was 'ineffective governance', but it was widely believed by press sources that Murad was removed because of critical comments he made in a Newsweek interview regarding the central government's ineffectiveness in remote areas of the province.
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Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG (Ḥāmid Karzay; born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban government in late 2001. During the International Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany, on 5 December 2001, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six month term as Chairman of the Transitional Administration.
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The Hazāra () are a Persian-speaking ethnic group who live mainly in central Afghanistan. They are overwhelmingly Shia Muslims and comprise the third largest ethnic group,L. Dupree, "Afghānistān: (iv.) ethnocgraphy", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2006, ([http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f5/v1f5a040a.html LINK]). with up to 18% of the total population of Afghanistan. Over half a million Hazaras live in neighboring Pakistan (especially in the city of Quetta) and a similar number or less may be found in Iran.
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Nuristani people
The Nuristani people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Nuristan region of northeastern Afghanistan. The Nuristanis are a people whose ancestors practiced what was apparently an ancient Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion until they were converted to Islam in the late 19th century by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Non-Muslim religious practices endure today to some degree as folk customs.
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Pashtuns ( , , also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans (in and Hindi: पठान ) or (ethnic) Afghans (in ; see also origin and history of the term), are an Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan and western Pakistan, which includes Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan. The Pashtuns are typically characterized by their usage of the Pashto language and practice of Pashtunwali, a traditional set of rules and ethics guiding individual and communal conduct.
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Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD – August 25, 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. Spending most of his spare time studying, writing or investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field, he wrote an encyclopedic work, Naturalis Historia, which became a model for all such works written subsequently. Pliny the Younger, his nephew, wrote of him in a letter to the historian Tacitus:
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Bagram
Bagram (Greek: Alexandria of the Caucasus medieval Kapisa) is a small town in the Parwan province of Afghanistan, about 60 kilometers north of the capital Kabul. It is the site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir Valley, near today's city of Charikar, Afghanistan. The town of Bagram also sits right next to Bagram Air Base, which is the largest U.S. military base in the region.
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Mahmud-i-Raqi
The town of Mahmud Raqi (also: Mahmud-i-Raqi, Mahmood-e Raqi) is the capital of Kapisa Province and center of Mahmud Raqi District in Afghanistan.
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Nijrab
Nijrab (also: Nejrab, Najrab) is a village and the center of Nijrab District, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 1,613 m altitude. There are a medical clinic, schools and radio station in the village.
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Taliban in Kapisa district - 13 Sept 07
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Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to the Taliban in the north of Afghanistan as this report from Alan Fisher in Kabul makes clear. The Taliban has announced it is to launch a major offensive to coincide with the first day of Ramadan. Called Nasrat or victory, it is warning of an increase of suicide bombings, ambushes and attacks against the enemy. The offensive comes as the Taliban claims its gaining support outside its traditional southern strongholds. The group says it now has a foothold in Kapisa province, about 50km north of Kabul, and claims most of the district of Tagab is under its control.
USArmy and French Army/ Province Kapisa/Afghanistan
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- Published: 20 Dec 2009
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tagab kapisa
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- Published: 23 Apr 2011
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- Author: aftikhar2010
qari afghan tagab jan
Kentucky Agri-Business Development Team Visits Kapisa Province Agricultural Institute, Afghanistan
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Package about how for US Army Units; the greatest advantage at their disposal is the Report they create with the local Afghans. Petty Officer Santos Huante takes us to Kapisa Province, Afghanistan where two units are building that Report with two Afghan Technical Schools. Sound bite includes Maj. Fred Bates, KY Agri-Business Development Team Surplus Funds Officer and 1st Lt. Matt Kuehl, Rule of Law Coordinator, TF Red Bulls. Produced by Petty Officer 2nd Class Santos Huante. If you like this video take a look at some of the over 2400+ other videos with 13.3+ million views on this channel!. You can also follow us Facebook now! Search the name "Military Videos" we are adding photos from the Frontlines also!! Also on Twitter at "3rdID8487"!!
PRT Kapisa 2010
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- Duration: 8:29
- Published: 11 Jun 2010
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This video is all over afganistan but mostly the southern tagab area.
pa islam shahedan tagab kapisa
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shahedan islam tagab kapisa
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Strike To Kapisa II by ASP
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French mountain infantry set foot in Kapisa
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- Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Six hundred troops of the French elite mountain infantry, known as the "chasseurs alpins", have arrived in Afghanistan's Kapisa province. East of the capital Kabul, this strategic area under US control is a frequent target of the Taliban.
Afghanistan : Cinq soldats français tués dans un attentat-suicide en Kapisa
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Cinq soldats français et un civil afghan ont été tués mercredi lors d'une attaque-suicide dirigée contre un convoi de l'armée française dans la province de Kapisa. Les Taliban ont revendiqué l'attentat dans un SMS envoyé à l'AFP. www.france24.com
Kapisa et Surob i: le nœud afghan anti-français
Les cartes pour situer les deux territoires afghans où le contingent français, la Task Force Lafayette, doit affronter des ennemis embusqués et redoutables.
Burning Destroyed French Military Base in NE Afghanistan (Photographed by US Soldier)
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"Remarks of the release of 2 French prisoners" In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful Those two French nationals, Stéphane Taponier and Hervé Ghesquière that were captured by Mujahideen 18 month earlier on 30/12/2009 in Kapisa province's Tagab district and regarding whose release, conditions were put forward by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate to the government of France many times but the opposition was bent on freeing them through use of force for which they carried out operations several times in the area however the enemy came out empty handed and was forced to retreat with great losses every time due to the organization of Islamic Emirate and the military planning done by the regions Mujahideen. This at the end compelled France to accept the demands set out by Islamic Emirate and release a number of high ranking Mujahideen officials in exchange. With the help of Almighty Allah, this transaction was completed yesterday when the enemy released high ranking Mujahideen prisoners for the 2 French nationals. Islamic Emirate considers this release of Mujahideen as one its highest accomplishments and in this regard congratulates the whole Mujahid nation especially the Mujahideen of Kapisa province and the family's of those whose loved ones were freed. May Allah (SWT) also release the rest of our Mujahideen brothers that are imprisoned at the hands of our enemy. (Thursday, 30 June 2011, 12:18 )
Mehrnigor Rustam زنده گی بی تو چیست June 2011
The of it a Tajikistan if of the is tajikistan Qumars Farsi persian dari tajik kabul panjsher masoud iran afghanistan dushanbe pamir herat shiraz khujand samarkand samrghand bukhara nishapoor hafiz rudaki avesta gulshanjon zartusht sina anoosha zortusht parwan bamiyan kapisa zarafshan khatlan kulab panjkent afzalshoh rahmon balkh vatan qumarsaria Hazaragi
Shahnameh شاهنامه Шоҳнома Давлатманд Холов دولتمند خال
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The of it a Tajikistan if of the is tajikistan Qumars Farsi persian dari tajik kabul panjsher masoud iran afghanistan dushanbe pamir herat shiraz khujand samarkand samrghand bukhara nishapoor hafiz rudaki avesta gulshanjon zartusht sina anoosha zortusht parwan bamiyan kapisa zarafshan khatlan kulab panjkent afzalshoh rahmon balkh vatan qumarsaria Hazaragi
Muhabbat Shamayeva او خانم کجا میری Tajik classic
Dushanbe The of it a Tajikistan if of the is tajikistan Qumars Farsi persian dari tajik kabul panjsher masoud iran afghanistan dushanbe pamir herat shiraz khujand samarkand samrghand bukhara nishapoor hafiz rudaki avesta gulshanjon zartusht sina anoosha zortusht parwan bamiyan kapisa zarafshan khatlan kulab panjkent afzalshoh rahmon balkh vatan qumarsaria Hazaragi sarban sorbon
Tajik Farsi Norooz 1390 Vay Vay Bar Dilakam وای وای بر دلم
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Tajik Ariaye آریایی
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shabnam surayo 2011 شبنم Шабнам
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U.S. Army Spc. Joshua McDaniel, right, with Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team, passes out messages written in Dari wishing the people of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, a happy Ramadan Sept. 7, 2010.
photo: USAF / Capt. Darrick B. Lee, Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs
KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Francis Macale, a squad leader for Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team, secures a landing zone near the Koh Band district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, as his transportation, a UH-60 Blackhawk, flies away, Sept. 14. Macale's team provides security for PRT members as they venture into the local community to assist in development project in Afghanistan.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
Afghan nationals gather around U.S. Army Soldiers and Air Force Airmen from the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team during a meeting to evaluate the progress of a road that is in construction in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan on Aug. 9.
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NATO and Afghan military forces in Kapisa province
photo: Task Force Cyclone Public Affairs / Spc. William E. Henry
KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Task Force Cyclone staff judge advocate, Lt. Col. James Zieba, of Carmel, Ind., listens to the chief judge of Kapisa province, Abdul Manan Atazada, discuss building plans of a jail in the Tagab valley District Center area in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Aug. 25. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the status of the judges in the area, the plans for construction of a new courthouse and jail and for incoming Task Force Cyclone staff judge advocate members to mee
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
Afghan local residents of Kohistan, Afghanistan observe U.S. Army Soldiers trying to recover an RG-31 mine resistance ambush protected vehicle from the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team that got stuck during a mission to evaluate the progress of a road that is in construction in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan on Aug. 9.
photo: U.S. Army/Spc. Kelly Hunt
Spc. David Martinez unloads medical supplies at the provincial hospital in Kapisa, Iraq.
photo: USAF / Chief Master Sgt. John Zincone
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Todd Davis patrols through a market near Alasay district center in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, April 4, 2009. Davis is a member of the Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team, which inspected a school, assisted the Afghan National Army in delivering supplies to more than 250 area youth and helped local medical providers treat more than 670 patients during a two-day village outreach mission in Alasay.
photo: French Army / Maj. Patrick Simo
U.S. Marines and French soldiers patrol valleys in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2009.
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Afghani women wait outside a medical tent during a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP) held in the village of Aroki, Province of Kapisa, Afghanistan. US Army (USA) Soldiers, 48th Combat Support Hospital, along side US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and the Republic of Korea (KOR) 924th Korean Medical hospital, arrived in the village of Aroki, Province of Kapisa, Afghanistan
photo: U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis
Shairkhan Kheyl in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan
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NATO and Afghan military forces in Kapisa province
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis
An Afghanistan National Policeman looks at a picture of a villager that local Afghan women are trying to locate in Kohistan 2, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan on January 23, 2008.
photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Tara Teel
Col. Joyce Stevens, base operations commander, and Master Sgt. Constance Petitjean, also with Base Ops, talk with the director of the Kapisa Provincial Women's Center with the help of an interpreter Oct. 25.
photo: U.S. Army / Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon
GLADIUS OPERATIONS - U.S. Army soldiers prepare to enter a house along Main Supply Route Vermont in the Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2008.
photo: U.S. Army / Pvt. Tamara Gabbard
Capt. Steve H. Kaiser, Civil Affairs Leader for the Kapisa and Parwan Provicial Reconstruction Team on BAF, discusses future project plans with the Community development Council in Shawo Kalay June 24.
photo: US Army file / SSgt. Isaac A. Graham
U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Johnson, from the 218th Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, conducts a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Police officers in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Aug. 16, 2007.
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A U.S. soldier stands guard on the top of an armored vehicle near the site of an explosion in Kapisa province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. 1st Class Sandra WatkinsKeough
Soldiers provide security during a mission in Kapisa, Afghanistan. The Soldiers are assigned to the Army National Guard's 168th Infantry Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Miller, from San Jose, Calif., jumps over a fence and observes for any suspicious activity while providing security at the Kohistan District, Afghanistan, Sept. 16. Miller is assigned to the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Jackson, a medic assigned to the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team, observes Army Soldiers while they help Afghan national army soldiers recover a truck in Mahmood Raqi, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2009.
photo: US Army / SSgt. Michael Bracken
An Afghan woman walks home with her children carrying humanitarian goods after being seen by doctors with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team during a medical civic action program in the district of Tagab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan April 30, 2007.
photo: US Navy / Lt. Cmdr. John Gay
U.S. Army Col. Greg Julian, a public affairs officer with U.S. Forces Afghanistan and member of a joint organizational investigation team, speaks with an Afghan villager in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Jan. 27, 2009.
photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton
U.S. Army Maj. Bobbie Mayes (right), the women's empowerment coordinator with the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team, gives an Afghan woman supplies after a two-day beekeeping class at the Director of Agriculture Livestock and Irrigation Compound in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, 2011.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Miller, from San Jose, Calif., talks to an Afghan construction worker during a reconnaissance mission in Kohistan, Afghanistan on Aug. 9. Miller, an Inactive Ready Reserve infantryman, is assigned to the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction as part of their personal security detachment.
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An Afghan woman walks home with her children carrying humanitarian goods after being seen by doctors with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team during a medical civic action program in the district of Tagab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan April 30, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Bracken) (Released)
photo: US Navy / MCS Joshua Treadwell
File - U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, left, the commander International Security Assistance Force and the commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, pauses in front of Afghan Uniform Police during a visit to the French 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion at Forward Operating Base Kutschbach, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2011.
photo: Public Domain / Lory Stevens USArmy
A Task Force Warrior Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle and a Task Force Korrigan tactical armored vehicle bring troops back to Combat Outpost Belda, after they completed a mission in Shpee Valley, Kapisa province, Aug. 7.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Teddy Wade
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Graham Auten, a civil engineer, and Army Soldiers assigned to the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team, assess pot holes on a bridge in Afghanya, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2009. This bridge is known to be a place where insurgents place improvised explosive devices against coalition forces.
photo: AP / Thibault Camus
Reporters hold a banner which reads "Free the hostages" during a gathering in support for two French reporters held in Afghanistan, in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010. Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier disappeared Dec. 30, 2009 along with two or three Afghan employees while traveling in Kapisa province east of Kabul.
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KABUL, - There are renewed fears of flooding in a village in the central Afghan province of Kapisa, putting at least 120 families at risk, an aid worker told IRIN in the capital, Kabul, on Monday. "Snow from the surrounding mountains is continuing to melt and flow into the river, and will do so...
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Kapisa Province
Kapisa (Persian/Pashto: کاپيسا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Mahmud-i-Raqi, and other districts include Kohistan, Nijrab and Tagab. The population of Kapisa is estimated to be 364,900, although there has never been an official estimate. The area of the province is 1,842 km².
History
The earliest references to Kapisa appear in the writings of fifth century BCE Indian scholar Pāṇini. Pāṇini refers to the city of Kapiśi, a city of the Kapisa kingdom. Pāṇini also refers to Kapiśayana, a famous wine from Kapisa. The city of Kapiśi also appeared as Kaviśiye on Graeco-Indian coins of Apollodotus I and Eucratides.
Archeological discoveries in 1939 confirmed that the city of Kapisa was an emporium for Kapiśayana wine, bringing to light numerous glass flasks, fish-shaped wine jars, and drinking cups typical of the wine trade of the era. The grapes (Kapiśayani Draksha) and wine (Kapiśayani Madhu) of the area are referred to in several works of ancient Indian literature. The epic Mahabharata also mentions the common practice of slavery in the city.
According to the scholar Pliny, the city of Kapiśi (also referred to as Kaphusa by Pliny's copyist Solinus and Kapisene by other classical chroniclers) was destroyed in the sixth century BCE by the Achaemenid emperor Cyrus (Kurush) (559-530 BC). Based on the account of the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang, who visited in AD 644, it seems that in later times Kapisa was part of a kingdom ruled by a Buddhist kshatriya king holding sway over ten neighboring states, including Lampaka, Nagarahara, Gandhara, and Banu. Hiuen Tsang notes the Shen breed of horses from the area, and also notes the production of many types of cereals and fruits, as well as a scented root called Yu-kin.
Politics and security
.]]In July 2007 Abdul Sattar Murad, was removed from office by President Hamid Karzai, and his replacement was Ghulam Qawis Abubaker. The ostensible reason for Murad's removal was 'ineffective governance', but it was widely believed by press sources that Murad was removed because of critical comments he made in a Newsweek interview regarding the central government's ineffectiveness in remote areas of the province.
Insurgent activity in the province increased in 2006 and 2007. Southern areas of the province, in particular the Tagab district, have been the site of repeated clashes between U.S. and Afghan forces and insurgent groups.
On January 19, 2009, coalition military forces led a raid near the village of Inzeri in the Tagab district of Kapisa. While coalition forces claimed at least 15 militants were killed (including a local Taliban commander), local villagers claimed that many of those killed were actually civilians. The raid was strongly criticized by Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who stated that such raids undermine the national government. The villagers were paid a total of $40,000 in condolence payments, and received an apology for any civilian deaths.
On 17 November 2009, Taliban militants fired rockets on a bazaar in Tagab district where French forces were meeting with tribal elders, killing 10 Afghan civilians and wounding 28.
For the past seven months the Kapisa governor's post remained unfilled. In May 2011 a newly-appointed governor of central Kapisa province Gen. Mehrabuddin Safi, a former jihad commander, took charge at a ceremony in Mehmood Raqi, the provincial capital; replacing Khwaja Abu Bakar. His priorities include, the improvement in the security situation and the execution of development projects in the province. The ceremony at the governor's house was also attended by the head of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance, Barna Karimi, his deputy Qutbuddin Roidad, presidential advisor Zahir Safi, parliamentarians, provincial officials and tribal elders. The new governor was a resident of Alasai district and a former jihadi commander affiliated with the Jamiat-i-Islami party. He has previously worked at the Afghan embassy in Pakistan's capital Islamabad during mujahidin's rule and he has received higher education in India.
Districts
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Demographics
The population of the province is around 406,200 people. The major ethnic groups are Tajik (80%), Pashtuns (8%) and Pashai (10%). There is also a sizable minority of Hazara and Nuristanis.
Economy
Agriculture is the largest portion of the economy. One particular crop, saffron, has been introduced as a major trade commodity in the province.
Once a week, a trade day (called a Mela) occurs. The concept of the mela is ancient, and translates to "party" in Persian, as the event is as much a social event as a trade day.
Sport
The province is represented in Afghan domestic cricket tournaments by the Kapisa Province cricket team.
Amenities
Currently, there is one hospital in the province. Previously, the province contained a textile company and cinema, which were both destroyed during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Kapisa is home to Al Biruni university, named after the Islamic scholar Alberuni who was from this region. The university offers programs in engineering, medicine, law, and literature, and is located in the Hesa Awal Kohistan district.
Currently, the number of girls' schools is limited, but has increased through the efforts of charities and NGOs.
The Officials of Department of Public Health of Kapisa has established midwife schools to prevent maternity deaths, where high school graduates Health authorities in Kapisa want to decrease the number of maternity deaths rates by training more midwives.
Provincial Reconstruction Team
The Kapisa province is served by the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team located at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier in Nijrab District.
See also
Footnotes
Category:Provinces of Afghanistan Category:Pre-Islamic history of Afghanistan
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