Du Ab District
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| Coordinates: 35°12′50″N 70°22′24″E / 35.21389°N 70.37333°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Nuristan Province |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,700[1] |
Du Ab District, Dō Āb District,[2] Du'ab District, Doab District,[3] (Persian: ولسوالی دوآب, Pashto: دو آب ولسوالۍ two waters [4]) is a district of Nuristan Province, in eastern Afghanistan.[5]
History[edit]
The Taliban launched an attack on the Du Ab and Qatar Khak areas on 31 January 1997.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Dō Āb (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Executive Summaries: Nuristan Summary 2009" Program for Culture & Conflict Studies, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
- ^ Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Anita Prazmowska; Great Britain. Foreign Office (May 1999). British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Soviet Union, January 1947-December 1947. University Publications of America. ISBN 978-1-55655-764-4. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
- ^ British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (1997). Summary of world broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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