...Afghan province with 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...
province of Afghanistan which critically maimed a number of Taliban
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mine planters.
The 201st Silab Corps said in a statement that a group of Taliban mine planters were transporting an improvised bomb to plant it on Alingar highway.
The statement further added that the bomb went off prematurely before the Taliban mine planters manage to reach to the intended area.
Furthermore, the 201st Silab Corps said the earth-shattering kaboom critically maimed 3 Taliban mine planters.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the incident so far.