...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men.
and Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
provinces.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the Talibs launched attacks on security outposts in Alisheng district of Laghman province on Saturday night which was repulsed by the security forces.
The statement further added one Taliban
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bully boy was killed and two others were maimed during the festivities with the security forces.
The Talibs launched similar attacks on security outposts in Durbaba district of Nangarhar province which was also repulsed by the security forces, the 201st Silab Corps added.
According to the statement by 201st Silab Corps, at least three Talibs were maimed during the clash with the security forces in Durbaba district.
The anti-government armed murderous Moslems including Taliban have not commented regarding the festivities so far.