NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Uruzgan

Oruzgan (or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is Tarin Kowt. On March 28, 2004, the new Daikondi province was carved out of an area in the north. The map shows the new provincial boundaries. Image File history File links Afghanistan-Oruzgan. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Map showing provinces of Afghanistan Badakhshan Province Badghis Province Baghlan Province Balkh Province Bamiyan Province Daikondi Province - northern part of Oruzgan Province - established March 28, 2004 Farah Province Faryab Province Ghazni Province Ghowr Province Helmand Province Herat Province Jowzjan Province Kabul Province Kandahar... March 28, 2004 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas, states that God has declared war on the United States. ... Daikondi province (also spelled Daikundi) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

Taliban leader Mullah Omar was born in Singesar village, in Oruzgan province, not far from Kandahar. One of the only known photographs of Omar (date unknown) Mullah Mohammed Omar (ملا محمد عمر; born 1959) is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and Afghanistans former de facto Head of State who has been in hiding since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2002. ... Singesar (population 2400) is a village near Kandahar, Afghanistan. ... KandahÄr (or QandahÄr, Ù‚Ù†Ø¯Ù‡Ø§Ø±) is a city in southern Afghanistan, the capital of Kandahar province. ...

Virtually no international aid agencies have a permanent presence in Oruzgan. The US military operates a Provincial Reconstruction Team out of Tarin Kowt. A provincial reconstruction team (PRT) is a group of sixty to one hundred civilians and military specialists who perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. ...

According to a NATO proposal, a Dutch peacekeeping force will be send to Uruzgan later in 2006, but the Dutch parliament has to ratify it.

The province is governed by Jan Mohammed, a warlord ally of US forces there. He has recently survived several attempts on his life, as Taliban/insurgent activity has increased there in mid 2005.

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