Ahmad Aba District
Ahmad Aba is a district in Paktia province
Ahmad Aba District (Pashto: احمد ابا ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی احمد آبا), also known as Ahmadabad District, is a district in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. It is located to the east of Gardez, the provincial capital of Paktia. Ahmad Aba District was created in 2005 within Said Karam District.
History[]
On 16 May 2020, in an overnight attack on a security checkpoint in Ahmad Aba District, the Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers and wounded nine others. The soldiers had been providing security for a multi-purpose dam.[1][2]
External links[]
- Tom Coghlan. "Can tribes take on the Taleban?", BBC News (26 December 2007).
- Paktika Executive Summary (PDF) at Naval Postgraduate School
References[]
- ^ "11 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Attacks On Security Checkpoints". 16 May 2020 – via https://gandhara.rferl.org/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|via= - ^ "Several killed in Afghanistan as militants attack checkpoints". 16 May 2020 – via https://www.gulf-times.com/.
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