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4 unusual facts about Kandahar province


International Relief and Development Inc.

Multiple problems were identified in IRD's agricultural work in Afghanistan, which involved spending $300 million to help farmers in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.

Mirwais Hospital

According to a report by The Senlis Council, not only people from Kandahar province are treated at Mirwais Hospital but also from neighboring Helmand, Zabul, Oruzgan and others.

Panzerhaubitze 2000

The PzH 2000 was used for the first time in combat by the Dutch Army in August 2006 against Taliban targets in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Medusa.

Trevor LeBlanc

Trevor's platoon is charged with aiding a squad of Afghan National Army soldiers on an interdiction mission in Kandahar Province to disrupt Taliban transportation lines.


Afghanistan Times Daily

The paper identified a need for funds to hire new chief editors, sub-editors and journalists in the Afghan provinces of Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Bamian, Parwan, Kunduz, Jalalabad and Khost.

If I Should Fall

He died on March 8, 2009 after his vehicle hit an Improvised explosive device (IED) in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province.

Nadahan wedding bombing

The Nadahan wedding bombing was a suicide attack on a wedding party, which occurred on 9 June 2010 at around 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT) in the village of Nadahan in Arghandab District of the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

The regiment has lost one soldier, Cpl Anthony "T-Bone" Boneca on July 9, 2006, fighting Taliban insurgents during Operation Zahar ("sword") in Zhari District, Kandahar Province.


see also

Fariba

Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, the representative of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan 's Wolesi Jirga

Loralai

In 1545 Duki, a dependency of the Kandahar province, was conferred upon Mir Sayyid Ali by the Mughal Emperor Humayun.

Roy Cullen

In opposition, Cullen broke with the Liberal caucus in 2007 to vote with Stephen Harper's Conservative government in favour of extending Canada's NATO-authorized combat mission in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan for two years.

Zhari District

Zhari is located on the north bank of the Arghandab River that runs east to west through Kandahar Province.