Kunar Province
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Kunar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad also known as Chaghasray or Chaghan Saray. The province has an estimated popul
Watapur District of Kunar Province in 2012
Panorama of a mountain range near Naray, Kunar province, Afghanistan
Kunar Province 3D, looking NW
US soldiers near FOB (Forward Operating Base) Naray.
Soviet–Afghan War
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The Soviet–Afghan War took place in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 47-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Communist-led Afghan mil
Kunar Province
…Kunar/Nuristan eventually joined in the 20th century. Fundamentalist religion came to the region in the 1950s but the heavy unification happened during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–88). Some of the first anti-government forces (lashkar) rose in the Kunar region. Kerala, a town near Asadabad, was the site of the 1979 Kerala…
Mujahideen fighters in Kunar Province, 1987
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Postage stamp from 1979 depicting the Arg, with the text reading "The Great Saur Revolution is the fruit of the class struggle"
Afghanistan Scout Association in the 1950s