Du Ab District
For other uses, see Do Ab (disambiguation).
| Du Ab | |
|---|---|
| District | |
  Du Ab Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′50″N 70°22′24″E / 35.21389°N 70.37333°ECoordinates: 35°12′50″N 70°22′24″E / 35.21389°N 70.37333°E | |
| Country |
 Afghanistan |
| Province | Nuristan Province |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,700[1] |
Du Ab District, Dō Āb District,[2] Du'ab District, Doab District,[3] (Persian: ولسوالی دوآب, Pashto: دو آب ولسوالۍ two waters[4] ) is a district of Nuristan Province, in eastern Afghanistan.[5]
History
The Taliban launched an attack on the Du Ab and Qatar Khak areas on 31 January 1997.[6]
References
- ↑ "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ Dō Āb (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ "Executive Summaries: Nuristan Summary 2009" Program for Culture & Conflict Studies, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
- ↑ Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Anita Prazmowska (May 1999). British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Soviet Union, January 1947-December 1947. University Publications of America. Great Britain. Foreign Office. ISBN 978-1-55655-764-4. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ↑ "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
- ↑ British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (1997). Summary of world broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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