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3 unusual facts about Jowzjan Province


Charshanga

Charshanga is located at an altitude of 265 meters on the banks of the Amu-Darya River, which forms the border with Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan.

Hanan Habibzai

This book has pushed the government of Afghanistan to deploy hundreds of afghan army soldiers to protect the remnants of historical places in the Balkh and Jowazjan provinces.

Jowzjan Province

Following a series of changing allegiances and falling out with Uzbek warlord Abdul Malik Pahlawan in 1997, the Taliban withdrew from the area, but in 1998 a contingent of 8,000 Taliban troops pressed through neighboring Faryab, seizing Abdul Rashid Dostum's headquarters in Sheberghan.



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