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Zaiwalat
Zaiwalat, also Zaywalāyat or Zywlayt (Pashto: زیولایت) is a subdistrict and village of Jalrez District, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. It lies along the Kabul-Behsud Highway, to the west of Kot-e Ashro and to the east of the town of Jalrez. As of 2010 the village itself had a population of about 300 people. It is inhabited mainly by Pashtuns, Pashtuns and is a producer of fruit, with extensive orchards in the vicinity. History In 2009, American convoys were ambushed by the Taliban in the predominantly Pashtun village of Zaiwalat. The US retaliated and invaded the village at 3.15am on November 19, 2009, capturing nine locals, including Habib ur-Rahman, a suspected Talibanist, and taking them by helicopter to Rish-Khor for a three-day interrogation. As of 2010 the village had an estimated people of about 300 people. In 2014, a bridge was built in Zaiwalat. In September 2016, 11 men from the village were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. After 20 days, a group from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalrez District
Jalrez (Pashto/ prs, جلرېز) is a district in the west of Maidan Shar, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. The main town lies at Jalrez, which is southwest of the centre of Kabul via the main Kabul-Behsud Highway. The district is a major producer of potatoes. History Jalrez lay along the Silk Road between Kabul and Bamyan. The name is believed to derive from the Dari words "jal", meaning 'light reflection' and "rez" meaning 'to pour', possibly related to the confluence of two rivers in the area. Prior to 1964, Jalrez District belonged to the Maidan '' alaqadari'' (subdistrict) of Kabul province. Due to its strategical importance geographical, Jalrez has a long history of conflict, which has capitulated since the Saur Revolution of 1978. Jalrez was one of the first districts to be captured by the ''mujahedin'' in 1979 during the war against the Soviet-backed Afghan communist regime. The mujahedin crossed the Unai Pass in the spring, taking Sarchashma and burning the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rish-Khor
Rish Khor is a prison on an Afghan military base that former captives report was run by Americans Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multi .... Anand Gopal, writing in the ''Asia Times'', quoted Rehmatullah Muhammad, one of nine men from a mountain village named Zaiwalat in Wardak province, Wardak who recounted being seized by Americans in a midnight raid in 2009, and then being taken to Rish Khor for interrogation. He said his American interrogators did not wear uniforms, and that he and his fellow villagers were handcuffed and locked in a steel shipping container, when not being interrogated. His interrogators accused the villagers of giving food and shelter to the Taliban. Even though Rehmatullah Muhammad says he was then forwarded to the United States' Bagram Theater In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
