Walakan
Village in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Village in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
31°33′12″N 65°38′26″E / 31.55333°N 65.64056°E / 31.55333; 65.64056Walakan is a village in Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan.[1] It is situated 5 miles southwest of Kandahar, 1 mile west of Karezak.[2] Walakan is said to have been one of four villages given to the original Parsiwan inhabitants.[2] Walakan, along with Zalakhan is said to have been part of sector which the Soviets left unguarded during the war.[3]
On July 10, 2010, US Staff Sergeant Jesse Ainsworth (aged 24) of Texas was killed near Walakan by an explosive device during Operation Enduring Freedom.[4]
See also
- Kandahar Province
References
- ^ Geographic Names, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, accessed 28 April 2011
- ^ a b Adamec, Ludwig W. (1980). Kandahar and South-Central Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 978-3-201-01125-9. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Jalali, Ali Ahmad; Grau, Lester W. (25 January 2002). Afghan guerrilla warfare: in the words of the Mujahideen fighters. Zenith Imprint. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-7603-1322-0. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Honor the Fallen". Military Times. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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Kandahar Province
Capital: Kandahar
- Arghandab
- Arghistan
- Daman
- Ghorak
- Kandahar
- Khakrez
- Maruf
- Mayanishin
- Maiwand
- Nesh
- Panjwayi
- Reg
- Shah Wali Kot
- Shorabak
- Spin Boldak
- Zhari
- Alkozai
- Arghandab
- Arghistan
- Baladay
- Balandi
- Bazar-i-Panjwayi
- Daman
- Ghorak
- Golzar
- Ilbak
- Kar-Mulla
- Karz
- Khakrez
- Khosrow Sofla
- Lower Babur
- Maiwand
- Mulla Wali Waleh
- Maruf
- Nagahan
- Najeeban
- Nesh
- Reg Alaqadari
- Regay
- Singesar
- Spin Boldak
- Tarok Kolache
- Tizak
- Walakan
- Wali
- Yakh Karez
- Zangabad
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