Most of you know that Warrior is fighting in Afghanistan. In the news there is often mentioned the provinces of Afghanistan. A good place to learn about these provinces is through Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia. Above is a copy of a map showing the provinces of Afghanistan. Warrior is in the province of Zabol or Zabul. It is one of the places in Southeast Afghanistan that has a strong Taliban presence.
The key to the map above are the provinces which are numbered below:
1. Badakhshan
2. Badghis
3. Baghlan
4. Balkh
5. Bamiyan
6. Daikondi - established March 28, 2004
7. Farah
8. Faryab
9. Ghazni
10. Ghowr
11. Helmand
12. Herat
13. Jowzjan
14. Kabul
15. Kandahar
16. Kapisa
17. Khost
Konar -18
Kondoz -19
Laghman -20
Lowgar -21
Nangarhar -22
Nimruz -23
Nurestan -24
Oruzgan -25
Paktia -26
Paktika -27
Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 -28
Parvan -29
Samangan -30
Sar-e Pol -31
Takhar -32
Vardak -33
Zabol -34
I hope this is helpful in understanding the news.
HarleyDad
Thursday, April 20, 2006
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