...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...
province say that Sharif Pacha, the district governor of Dolat Shah district of the province, was killed on Wednesday afternoon, following a kaboom.
Asadullah Dawlatzai, the front man for the Laghman governor, said the blast was caused by a roadside mine, killing two security personnel and wounding two others.
According to Dolatozi, the incident took place after the governor’s vehicle collided with a roadside mine in the Anda-Kori area of ​​the district.
No individual or group has grabbed credit for the incident.