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Ghazni

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Ghazni , city (1981 est. pop. 31,200), capital of Ghazni prov., E central Afghanistan, on the Ghazni River. Located on the Kabul-Kandahar trade route, Ghazni is a market for sheep, wool, camel hair cloth, corn, and fruit. The famed Afghan sheepskin coats are made in the city. Most of the inhabitants are Tajiks. The city, named Ghazna in ancient times, was flourishing by the 7th cent. but reached its peak (962-c.1155) under the Turkish Ghaznavid dynasty. Mahmud of Ghazna built a magnificent mosque, the Celestial Bride, there. The kings of Ghor sacked Ghazni in 1149 but later (1173) made it... Read more

Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni. A Muslim Turkic adventurer who seized control of Afghanistan and neighbouring areas and established the short-lived Ghaznavid... Read more

Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030) was the first sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty in Afghanistan...plundered wealthy India and used the booty to patronize culture in Ghazni, making it the center of Perso-Islamic civilization. Born on Nov... Read more

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	Aid worker's murder tarnishes Afghan province; A death and a bombing prompted UN cutbacks this week in Ghazni and in provinces along the Pakistan border.(WORLD) ; ...Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN -- The murder of a French...Monday pull its international staff out of Ghazni and to suspend operations in southern...considering similar moves. Until this incident, Ghazni Province had been one of the last Pashtun... Read more
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	Afghanistan city of Ghazni becomes sister to Hayward ; HAYWARD -- The city officially cemented its sisterhood with Ghazni, Afghanistan, this week. In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the...early 1980s, to pay for school supplies and teachers working in Ghazni. Quirk said the collaboration also will help local students... Read more
	FORCES TARGET TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN'S HELMAND, GHAZNI PROVINCES ; ...Afghanistan's Helmand province, and detained eight Taliban fighters in Ghazni province, military officials reported. In Helmand, militants...forces were injured in either engagement, officials said. In Ghazni, eight militants were detained Oct. 17 in multiple coalition... Read more
	CAMP GHAZNI SERVICE TO HONOR VA.-BASED SOLDIERS Series: Charlie Company ; ...unavailable. As the guardsmen grieved at Camp Ghazni and Camp Tiger - outposts located about...soldiers. The Afghan National Army and Ghazni police reportedly detained four men for...transported the destroyed Humvee back to Camp Ghazni, where most of the 3rd Battalion is stationed... Read more
	MILITANTS DETAINED IN KHOWST, GHAZNI PROVINCES ; ...bomb-making and foreign terrorist network. Elsewhere, coalition forces detained two suspected militants during an operation in Ghazni province Sept. 23. The two militants were detained for their suspected ties to a Taliban terrorist network and foreign fighter... Read more
	Taliban's presence strengthens in Ghazni province. ; Byline: Andrew Maykuth GHAZNI, Afghanistan _ It's no secret that the Taliban has become more active in Ghazni province, just two hours southwest of Kabul...while the Taliban run amuck. He traveled to Ghazni with Afghan Interior Minister Zarar Ahmad... Read more
	Suspected Taliban compound near Ghazni destroyed by bombs ; AMERICA AT WAR Suspected Taliban compound near Ghazni destroyed by bombs By VERNON LOEB Washington Post Friday, December...suspected Taliban leadership compound near the Afghan city of Ghazni as Afghan fighters aided by Army Green Berets continued to... Read more
	Afghanistan fragmenting into autonomous no-man's lands.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; GHAZNI, Afghanistan _ Abdul Malik is the northern alliance's representative...five days. He has allowed warlords to carve out a piece of Ghazni Province for themselves, in return for their loyalty. He...doesn't run the show here. It's under the control of the Ghazni people, said Malik, 60, a bearish man ... Read more

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