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Within Vinony's link graph, Panjshir Valley is referenced by 133 other articles, and connects out to The Washington Post, Parwan Province and Afghanistan.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PAN.
It is catalogued under topics including Landforms of Panjshir Province and Valleys of Afghanistan.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Kapisa Province
- Elevation
- 1964
- Body of water
- Panjshir River
- Image
- Panjshir River Valley in May 2011.jpg
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- mountain range
- Hindu Kush
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Encyclopedic overview
The Panjshir Valley (Dari: درهٔ پنجشير, Dara-i-Panjsher, literally "Valley of the Five Lions"), also spelled Panjsher, is a valley in northeastern Afghanistan, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Kabul, near the Hindu Kush mountain range. It is divided by the Panjshir River. The valley is home to more than 100,000 people, including Afghanistan's largest concentration of ethnic Tajiks as of 1997. In April 2004, it became the heart of the new Panjshir Province, having previously been part of Parwan Province. Politically, this province has been considered the start point of Afghanistan's Jihad period against the Soviets. This province is also the birthplace of Afghanistan's national hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panjshir Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.