Mihtarlam

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Mihtarlam
مهترلام
Mehtar Lam
City
Alley in Mihtarlam
Mihtarlam RTC
Highway checkpoint
Clockwise from top: An alley in Mihtarlam; a highway checkpoint; Mihtarlam RTC
Mihtarlam is located in Afghanistan
Mihtarlam
Mihtarlam
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°40′06″N 70°12′32″E / 34.66833°N 70.20889°E / 34.66833; 70.20889Coordinates: 34°40′06″N 70°12′32″E / 34.66833°N 70.20889°E / 34.66833; 70.20889
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceLaghman Province
DistrictMihtarlam District
Named forLamech
Elevation
779 m (2,556 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total144,162[1]
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)
ControlIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban[2]

Mihtarlam (Persian: مهترلام‎, Pashto: مهترلام‎), also spelled Mehtar Lam, is the sixteenth-largest city of Afghanistan. It is the capital of Laghman Province and center of Mihtarlam District. It is the only large urban settlement in the province. The town is situated in the valley formed by the Alishang and Alingar rivers, 47 km northwest of the city of Jalalabad. There is a paved road between the cities that takes approximately one hour to travel by car.

On 14 August 2021, Mihtarlam was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-third provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.

Etymology[]

Mihtarlam is named after Lamech, the father of Noah. In the Persian language, 'mihtar' means headman, lord or chief. Lam is Noah's father's name.[3]

History[]

On 6 February 2006, two people were killed by police in riots in Mihtarlam in events of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[4]

On 26 February 2017, two students were killed and seven others wounded when a rocket landed in Shaheed Mawlawi Abdul Rahman School in .[5] On 14 April 2019, at least seven children were killed when unexploded ordnance detonated in Basram on the outskirts of Mihtarlam.[6][7]

On 2 May 2020, a motorbike bomb exploded outside the provincial prison in Mihtarlam, killing three civilians and injuring four members of the Afghan security forces. Noor Mohammad, director of Laghman's provincial prison directorate, was among the injured.[8] On 5 October 2020, Provincial Governor of Laghman, , was slightly wounded after his convoy was targeted by a suicide car bomber.[9]

On 24 May 2021, Afghan government forces clashed with Taliban militants in Mihtarlam.[10]

Climate[]

Mihtarlam has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk).

Places of interest[]

Sports[]

In 2021, the first stadium in Laghman opened in Mihtarlam.[12]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NSIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Afghan MP: Taliban capture city northeast of Kabul". World Nation News. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan: Metar Lamech Shrine". www.culturalprofiles.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ Freeman, Simon (6 February 2006). "First deaths in Muhammad cartoon protests". Times. London. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Two Students Killed As Rocket Hits School In Laghman". TOLOnews. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Explosion in Afghanistan's Laghman province leaves 7 children dead". Times of Islamabad. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Explosion In Eastern Afghanistan Leaves Seven Children Dead". TOLOnews. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Three killed, four injured in blast outside Afghanistan's Laghman prison". 2 May 2020 – via https://iranpress.com/.
  9. ^ "Afghan governor left injured after being targeted by suicide bomber". TRT World.
  10. ^ "Afghan Army, Taliban Clash Close To Kabul". RFE/RL. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ^ Elphinstone, Mountstuart (2013), "Sultán Mahmúd. (997–1030.)", The History of India, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 532–579, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139507622.036, ISBN 978-1-139-50762-2, retrieved 15 December 2020
  12. ^ "First Stadium Opened in Laghman". Bakhtar News Agency. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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