...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 report that Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...fighters have assassinated a former local government police commander known as Mujahid inside his residence.
According to the sources, the incident occurred on Saturday night, July 22, in the village of Ziarat-e Nooralam Sahib, Alingar district of the province.
The sources stated that the Taliban members expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after carrying out the liquidation.
Mujahid had served as a local police commander during the previous government in the province, but had no official role after the Taliban regained power.
Local Taliban officials in Laghman have not yet made any statements regarding the incident.
Based on the information from sources, two brothers of Mujahid were also killed by the Taliban during their previous government in Afghanistan.
Despite the Taliban leader’s announcement of a general amnesty, the group’s fighters continue to resort to detaining, torturing, and killing former military personnel after regaining control of Afghanistan.
It was only a few days ago that the Taliban arrested two former military officers who were the main residents of Kapisa province, in Kabul city.