Panjshir (literally "Five Lions" in Persian) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It was established April 13, 2004. Its population is 307,620, and its area is 3,610 square kilometers. Image File history File links Afghanistan-Panjshir. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ahmad Shah Massoud, known as "The Lion of Panjshir" was a famous leader who was assassinated by a suicide bomber on 9 September, 2001. Ahmed Shah Massoud (احمد شاه مسعود) (c. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...