Du_Ab_District

Du Ab District

Du Ab District

District in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

For other uses, see Do Ab (disambiguation).

Du Ab District, Dō Āb District,[2] Du'ab District, Doab District,[3] (Persian: ولسوالی دوآب, Pashto: دو آب ولسوالۍ two waters[4] ) is a district of Nuristan Province, in eastern Afghanistan.[5]

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History

The Taliban launched an attack on the Du Ab and Qatar Khak areas on 31 January 1997.[6] Between June 4 and June 5, 2021, the district fell to the Taliban forces after 20 days of fighting. This marked the 7th district to fall to the Taliban since May 1, 2021.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    Dō Āb (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. [3]
    "Executive Summaries: Nuristan Summary 2009" Program for Culture & Conflict Studies, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
  4. [4]
    Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Anita Prazmowska (May 1999). British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Soviet Union, January 1947-December 1947. University Publications of America. ISBN 978-1-55655-764-4. Retrieved 5 February 2011. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  5. [5]
    "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
  6. [6]
    British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (1997). Summary of world broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Taliban seizes another district in Afghanistan".


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