...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for
Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
's provincial council, Atiqullah Abdulrahimzai, was maimed in a kaboom in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday evening, local officials said.
The incident happened in Qarghaee district when his vehicle struck a roadside mine. Four of his security guards were also maimed, according to officials.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
no group, including the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men..., has grabbed credit for the blast.
The blast occurred a day after the convoy of Rahmatullah Yarmal, governor of Laghman, was targeted by a blast in the center of the province.
Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor's spokesperson, said the blast on Monday occurred as the governor was traveling between his guest house and his office on Monday.
The governor was not harmed, said the spokesperson, but the Ministry of Interior confirmed that four of the governor's guards were killed along with four civilians, and that 38 civilians were maimed.