Haibak

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Haibak شبرغان
City
Haibak in 1939
Haibak Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°15′N 68°0′E / 36.250°N 68.000°E / 36.250; 68.000
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Samangan Province
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Haibak or Aibak is a town of Afghanistan in the Samangan Province and is a former khanate of Afghan Turkestan. The , which is 3,100 feet above sea level, is fertile and richly cultivated. The town is famed in Persian legend.^{[citation needed]}

Due to its location, Haibak has been influenced by Buddhist, Islamic and Turkic and Persian peoples. In the past, it was significant because of its position on the main line of communication between Kabul and Afghan Turkestan.

On October 23, 2003, during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, rebels fired rockets at a pickup truck ferrying passengers to Haibak, which killed ten people, including two children.

Notes[]

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See also[]

• Samangan Province

References[]

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Haibak" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links[]

• Pictures from Haibak in 1974

Coordinates: 36°15′N 68°00′E / 36.25°N 68.0°E / 36.25; 68.0

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