Shīnḍanḍ (Pashto: شينډنډ; Persian: سبزوار) is a town and the center of the Shindand District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. It is located at 33°18′13″N62°08′24″E / 33.3036°N 62.14°E / 33.3036; 62.14 at 1,066 m altitude on the Harut River. The Shindand Air Base is located about 15 miles northeast of the town.
Shindand is at the northern end of Zirko Valley, which is one of main centers of poppy production in western Afghanistan. The town is located south of Adriskan, where a large police training facility exists. The population includes Pashtuns, Tajiks and others, though Pashtuns make up the majority. The main languages spoken in the area are Pashto and Dari. During the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) the 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division was headquartered in the town.
Shīnḍanḍ (Pashto: شينډنډ; Persian: سبزوار) is a town and the center of the Shindand District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. It is located at 33°18′13″N...
The Shindand SuperCobra incident refers to the shootdown of two Iranian Bell AH-1 SuperCobras by Soviet forces near Shindand, Herat Province. It was the...
Shinḍanḍ District (Pashto: شينډنډ) is located in the southern part of Herat Province in Afghanistan, bordering Adraskan District to the north, Ghor Province...
Shindand Air Base (IATA: OAH, ICAO: OASD) is an Afghan air base located in the western part of Afghanistan in the Shindand District of Herat Province,...
killed on 29 April 1978. He also served as deputy of Wolesi Jirga from Shindand. 19 February 1978 – 29 April 1978 March 1977 – April 1978 Adamec, Ludwig...
International Airport in the capital of Herat and the other is at the Shindand Air Base, which is one of the largest military bases in Afghanistan. The...
predominantly Nurzai western region of Afghanistan, particularly the stronghold of Shindand district near Herat. This prompted Akhtar Mansour to seek help from Iran...
helicopters to train pilots. Training was undertaken at the Shindand Air Wing at Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan. The base which had been refurbished...
is Badghis Province, while others are settled in oases near Herat and Shindand in western Afghanistan and near Ghazni in central Afghanistan. There is...
1985) is the acting Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan. Hailing from Shindand District, he graduated from Herat University in 2008. "Minister's Biography...
born in 1946 in the Shindand District of Herat Province in Afghanistan and his family is from the Chahar-Mahal neighbourhood of Shindand. In early 1979 Ismail...
Zerkoh Valley (alternately Zirko, Zer-e-koh) runs for 30 miles through Shindand District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. On 29 April 2007, a number of Afghan...
host unit at Shindand Air Base that as part of NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan was training and advising the Afghan Air Force Shindand Air Wing....
device, as it landed on a hilltop outpost during a training sortie near Shindand air base. The helicopter was crewed by an Afghan student pilot and his...
forces task force see it:Task Force 45) PRT HERAT in Herat province (Italy) Shindand Air Base, Herat province PRT FARAH in Farah province (USA) PRT QALA-E-NOW...
refugees who reside in Pakistan and Iran. Famous Afghan rugs include the Shindand or Adraskan (named after local Afghan villages), woven in the Herat area...
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