The Arghistan District is situated in the northeastern part of the Kandahar Province,Afghanistan.It borders with Spin Boldak District to the South and West,Daman District to the West,Zabul Province to the North,Maruf District to the East and Pakistan to the East ans South.The population is 30 500(2006).The district center is the village of Arghistan ,located in the central part of the district in the Arghistan River valley. Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto: قندھار) is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Spin Boldak is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ... Daman is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ... Zabul, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul. ... Maruf (from the Persian: معروÙ) is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ...
The clash took place in Sangin district of southern Helmand province on Tuesday night after Taliban fighters launched indirect mortar and rocket propelled grenade fire at a combined Afghan and Coalition forces, the statement said.
The fighting, which took place in a mountainous area in Arghistandistrict, left one policeman wounded, he said.
One insurgent who was trying to plant a mine on a road in Ander district of southern Paktika province Tuesday was killed as the mine exploded prematurely, a Defence Ministry statement said.
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