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Ads by Google      U.N. worker shot to death in Afghanistan: 11/ 17/ 2003 Bettina Goislard, 29, an employee of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, was shot at close range at a shopping bazaar in Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni province in central Afghanistan. Goislard's death outraged people in Ghazni, with some trying to find out where the gunmen lived so they could attack their homes, Khial Mohammed Husseini, deputy governor of Ghazni province, said in a telephone interview. In Geneva, where the UNHCR is based, Refugee High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers said Goislard's death was "yet another dastardly assault on an innocent humanitarian worker." He said the U.N. agency was suspending its work in Ghazni and would be conducting a review of its work in Afghanistan. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/11-03/11-17-03/a02wn767.htm   (718 words)      HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results Bettina Goislard (G) en entrevue à Ghazni Les deux assassins d'une employée française du HCR tuée le 16 novembre à Ghazni,. Bettina Goislard (G) en entrevue Ghazni Les deux assassins d'une employe franaise du HCR tue le 16... French 02-10-2004 Title: Bettina Goislard (G) en entrevue Ghazni Les deux assassins d'une employe franaise du HCR tue le 16 novembre Ghazni,. http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_images=on&search_maps=on&q=Ghazni&refid=ency_botpm   (655 words)      Nancy Hatch Dupree. An Historical Guide To Afghanistan. Ghazni Later they discovered an inscribed marble screen with the information that the palace was completed in 1112, further confirming the fact that the palace was at one time the court of Mas’ud III who was born in Ghazni in 1061. Sebuktigin came to Ghazni as the slave of Alptigin, the Turkic Commander-in-Chief of the Samanids who established Turkic rule at Ghazni in 962 A.D. Sebuktigin ruled at Ghazni from 977–997. The minarets, now only a fraction of their original height, served as models for the spectacular tower at Jam (Chapter 31), which in turn inspired the Qutb Minar at Delhi. http://www.zharov.com/dupree/chapter09.html   (4486 words)      As a consequence of nearly 20 years of war, tragedies are added one after another to the Afghan nation which make the civilians the main victims of a human right catastrophe The two clinics in Wardak as well as the one in Logar are successfully operating while the fourth one located in Ghazni was stopped at the end of September 1998 due to the difficulties in logistical issues. This research trail was conducted in Ghazni, Logar and Wardak provinces. (Seed and fertilizer trials in Ghazni, Wardak, Logar, Paktia and Heart 1991-1995 report Jan.1996 CoAR) http://www.pcpafg.org/Organizations/coar/Coaranr98.htm   (11230 words)      ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD "GAJO" from Roma by WR Rishi This was in India that a king named Mahmud Ghazni (Mahniud Ghaznvid) came and attacked India about seventeen times between 1001-1026 A.D. Mahmud Ghazni ruled from Ghazni, a city in Afghanistan. The Kingdom of Ghazni at the time of Mahmud's accession consisted of the country called Afghanistan and Khorason, the eastern province of Persia. The folk tale as related by Ali Chaushev from Shumen in East Bulgaria runs as under : Siyas amen ekh baro thagar-Rom. http://www.romani.org/rishi/retygajo.html   (11230 words)      GHAZNI - LoveToKnow Article on GHAZNI The death of Muizuddin was followed by struggle and anarchy, ending for a time in the annexation of Ghazni to the empire of Khwarizm by Mahommed Shah, who conferred it on his famous son, Jelaluddin, and Ghazni became the headquarters of the latter. In 1326 after a battle between Amir Hosain, the viceroy of the formei house in Khorasan, and Tarmashirin, the reigning khan 01 Jagatai, the former entered Ghazni and once more subjected it to devastation, and this time the tomb of Mahmud to desecration, Ibn Batuta (c. Jenghiz then advanced and drove Jelaluddin across the Indus, afterwhich he sent Ogdai his son to besiege Ghazni. http://28.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GH/GHAZNI.htm   (2458 words)      Mahmud of Ghazni Biography / Biography of Mahmud of Ghazni Biography Biography Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030) was the first sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty in Afghanistan. In 997 he overthrew his younger brother, Ismail, who had been nominated by Subuktigin as his successor, and two years later Mahmud was confirmed as sultan of Ghazni by Caliph al-Kadir. Mahmud of Ghazni Biography / Biography of Mahmud of Ghazni Biography Biography http://www.bookrags.com/biography-mahmud-of-ghazni   (573 words)      iqexpand.com The body of Bettina Goislard, a 29-year-old French national, was transported to Kabul on Sunday night from Ghazni, 100 km... Bettina Goislard assistant à une réunion à Ghazni, Afghanistan. Article to A Friend] AROUND THE WORLD 4: Security Dilemma in Afghanistan A rogue gunman shot Bettina Goislard, a French refugee worker, dead in Ghazni, Afghanistan. http://bettina_goislard.iqexpand.com   (421 words)      RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY In Kabul, UNHCR spokeswoman Maki Shinohara told RFE/RL that foreign staff were evacuated from Ghazni as soon as news of 29-year-old Bettina Goislard's killing reached Kabul. Ghazni's provincial governor, Asadullah Khaled, says two men linked to the Taliban used a motorcycle to carry out the killing of Goislard in her clearly marked UN vehicle as it passed through a Ghazni bazaar. "There is another expatriate who had been working with Bettina [Goislard in Ghazni] since last year. http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/11/18112003190425.asp   (714 words)      DefendAmerica News - Afghanistan Update GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2004 –– Members of the Ghazni provincial reconstruction team and the local government are looking at long-term improvements to be made in their region, adding to the redevelopment taking place throughout Afghanistan. GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Sept. 13, 2004 — After serving 35 years in the Afghan National Army, one soldier found a way to continue to serve the people of Afghanistan after retirement. GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2004 –– In many regions of Afghanistan, provincial reconstruction teams are helping the people rebuild their war-torn country. http://www.defendamerica.mil/afghanistan/update/sep2004/sep092004.html   (2179 words)      Coalition Forces deliver aid, assess villages Members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team were in the village to conduct village assessments and to distribute critical winter supplies. GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- While conducting assessments of village needs, Coalition Forces serving here delivered critical humanitarian supplies Feb. 2 to villages suffering from heavy snowfall. There are 19 Provincial Reconstruction Teams, like the one in Ghazni, operating throughout Afghanistan. http://www.25idl.army.mil/article.asp?artid=4351   (2179 words)      Buddha Statues of Bamiyan - encyclopedia article about Buddha Statues of Bamiyan. When Mahmud of Ghazni Mahmud of Ghazni (971–April 30 1030), also known as Yamin ul-Dawlah Mahmud (in full: Yamin ul-Dawlah Abd ul-Qasim Mahmud Ibn Sebük Tigin) was the ruler of Ghazni from 997 until his death. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One or Enlightened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who has discovered enlightenment (bodhi), although it is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. The two most prominent statues were the giant, standing Buddhas, measuring 55 and 37 meters high respectively, the largest examples of standing Buddha carvings in the world. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Buddha+Statues+of+Bamiyan   (2236 words)      Traveljournals.net - Yarum, Ghazni, Afghanistan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts Maps and coordinates for Yarum, Ghazni, Afghanistan are approximative and not valid for navigation. Traveljournals.net - Yarum, Ghazni, Afghanistan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts / Explore / Afghanistan / Locations / Yarum, Ghazni http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/afghanistan/map/64812/yarum.html   (2236 words)      Bhai Nand Lal 'Goya' Bhai Nand Laal ji was born on 1630 A.D. in Ghazni, Afghanistan in the house of Chajju Mal, who was munshi of Dara Shikoh. When he was 17 he lost his mother, at 19 years of age his father in Ghazni, thus Bhai sahab had to returned to Punjab and settled at Multan. When Shahjahan has sent Dara Shikoh (Dara shikoh was Shahjahan's son) to conquer Afghanistan, Diwan Chajju Mal went along with him, Dara Shikoh returned to India while Diwan Chajju mal stayed, and thus Bhai Nand lal ji were born at Ghazni. http://www.sikh-history.com/literature/essays/nand.html   (399 words)      Establishment of Muslim Rule Ghiyas-ud-din handed over Ghazni to his younger brother Muhammad Ghuri and himself concentrated on the conquest of Khorasan. After taking charge of Ghazni, Muhammad Ghuri spent most of his time in preparation for an attack on South Asia. The Ghurids had a long history of differences with the Ghaznavids, which ultimately resulted in the capture of Ghazni at the hands of Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad bin Sam, the ruler of Ghur, in 1173. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A005   (195 words)      afghanistan travel holidays kabul hotels maps kandahar -- http://www.worldswitch.com/Countries/Afghanistan/ - Map - Airlines - Attractions - Banks - Cities (Herat, Lashkargah, Balkh, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Bamyan, Kabul, Minaret Of Jam, Bande, Amir, Kandahar, Nuristan, Ghazni)- Directories - Government - Hotels - Magazines - -- http://www.geocities.com/afghanistan_ca/Tourist.html - Cities = Kabul, Ghazni, Kandahar, Lashkargah, Herat, Jalalabad, Balkh, The Road to Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif, Minaret of Jan, Bamyan, Nuristan, Bande Amir - -- http://www.worldswitch.com/Countries/Afghanistan/ - Click on Cities for Herat, Lashkargah, Balkh, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Bamyan, Kabul, Minaret Of Jam, Bande, Amir, Kandahar, Nuristan, Ghazni- http://www.budgettravel.com/afghanistan.htm   (2275 words)      Mahmud of Ghazni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mahmud's grandfather was Alptigin, a Turkic general from Balkh in Turkestan who crossed the Hindu Kush mountains to seize Ghazni, located strategically on the road between Kabul and Kandahar. Mahmud of Ghazni (971–April 30, 1030), also known as Yamin ul-Dawlah Mahmud (in full: Yamin ul-Dawlah Abd ul-Qasim Mahmud Ibn Sebük Tigin) was the ruler of Ghazni from 997 until his death. Mahmud's armies routinely stripped the temples of their wealth and then destroyed them; after Mahmud's raids on the cities of Varanasi, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Jwalamukhi, and Dwarka, not one temple survived intact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni   (678 words)      Financial Review: Taliban militants kill UN aid worker Ms Goislard worked with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Ghazni province, 200 kilometres south-west of Kabul, and was travelling in the provincial capital in a white UN vehicle. Mr Lubbers said the UN agency was suspending its work in Ghazni and would conduct a review of its work in Afghanistan. Ms Goislard had worked in Ghazni since June 2002. http://afr.com/cgi-bin/newtextversions.pl?pagetype=printer&path=/articles/2003/11/17/1069027044766.html   (404 words)      Afgha.com - President Karzai expresses shock and condemnation at the killing of UNHCR worker H.E. Hamid Karzai, the President of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Ms Bettina Goislard, a young employee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who was mercilessly murdered by terrorists in the provincial capital of Ghazni today. The death of Ms Bettina Goislard is a grave loss not only to the UN but also to the people of Ghazni. Ms Goislard had been involved in assisting 55,000 refugees and displaced people returning to their homes in Ghazni province. http://www.afgha.com/?af=article&sid=38868&newlang=english   (593 words)      Afghanistan Provinces Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved From Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst. By ~1957, the provinces of Ghazni (capital Ghazni), Girishk (Girishk), and Parvan (Charikar) had been formed. A 1990 estimate of the population of Daikondi was 127,661. http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html   (1057 words)      Afghanistan Provinces Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved From Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst. By ~1957, the provinces of Ghazni (capital Ghazni), Girishk (Girishk), and Parvan (Charikar) had been formed. A 1990 estimate of the population of Daikondi was 127,661. http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html   (1057 words)      Afghanistan Provinces Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved From Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst. By ~1957, the provinces of Ghazni (capital Ghazni), Girishk (Girishk), and Parvan (Charikar) had been formed. Badakhshan province contains the Wakhan (or Vakhan) Corridor, a narrow strip of land extending eastward to China. http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html   (1057 words)      News from The Roanoke Times -Helicopters deliver early troops without incident to Camp Ghazni Alford dismissed recent claims by Taliban leader Mullah Omar that the Taliban is making significant advances in Ghazni and Kandahar, located farther southwest. Alford said that U.S. and Afghan troops and reconstruction workers have made good progress so far in rebuilding Ghazni’s schools, wells, roads, clinics and other infrastructure. A provincial reconstruction team, which includes military and civilian members, is based at Camp Ghazni. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke\8149.html   (1057 words)      Peace Corps Online 1972: Charles Arnold served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis, Faizabad beginning in 1972 1972: Charles Arnold served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis, Faizabad beginning in 1972 Peace Corps Online : Directory : Afghanistan : Directory of Afghanistan RPCVs : 1972: Charles Arnold served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis, Faizabad beginning in 1972 Cities you served in: Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis, Faizabad http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2026315.html   (1057 words)      Establishment of Muslim Rule The Ghurids had a long history of differences with the Ghaznavids, which ultimately resulted in the capture of Ghazni at the hands of Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad bin Sam, the ruler of Ghur, in 1173. Ghiyas-ud-din handed over Ghazni to his younger brother Muhammad Ghuri and himself concentrated on the conquest of Khorasan. After taking charge of Ghazni, Muhammad Ghuri spent most of his time in preparation for an attack on South Asia. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A005&Pg=2   (1057 words)      Afghans debate new constitution Among the delegates and candidates from Ghazni and Parwan provinces, however, there was near-universal concern that the proposed constitution was too secular and modern, giving insufficient power to Islamic law and custom. On Tuesday delegates from Ghazni, a conservative ethnic Pashtun region, joked and posed excitedly for photographs, but they also expressed suspicion that the proposed constitution might erode their religious laws, ethnic rights and cultural traditions. Yet despite professing such conservative views, Samander and other delegates from Ghazni and Parwan argued strongly for the right of all Afghans to attend state universities at no cost, saying otherwise only the “children of the rich” would learn. http://www.msnbc.com/news/1000968.asp?0sl=-10&cp1=1   (1223 words)      Windows on Asia This was followed in 900A.D. with the conquest of Balkh in Northern Afghanistan by the Islamic dynasty of the Samanids who ruled from Bokhara, and the conquest of Ghazni by a Turkish slave general. Ghazni then became one of the great capitals of the Islamic world under the leadership of Sultan Mahmud (known as Mahmud of Ghazni) who made numerous raids into India, returning with much wealth. It was not until the 9th and 10th centuries that the eastern area of Afghanistan became firmly Islamic with the conquest by Yaqub ibn Layth Saffari, founder of the local Saffarid dynasty in the Seistan, who conquered the rest of the country in the name of Islam. http://www.isp.msu.edu/asianstudies/wbwoa/centralasia/Afghanistan/religion.html   (5146 words)      Afghanistan Provinces Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved From Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst. By ~1957, the provinces of Ghazni (capital Ghazni), Girishk (Girishk), and Parvan (Charikar) had been formed. A 2004 estimate of the population of Panjshir was 307,620. http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html   (1057 words)      Nothing to see here, move along . . .: October 2004 It's located on the road between Sharana (the capital of Paktika province) and Ghazni (the capital of Ghazni province), and the road from Gardez (the capital of Paktia province) runs north-south nearby. But there's very little guerilla activity in the area - there are too many Americans in Zormat, Ghazni, Gardez and Sharana to make that tenable - when I was there, the guerillas in Paktika were at the other end of the province, along the Paki border in places like Wazarqua and Torwah. While it's located in Paktika province, which does share a border with Pakistan, it's as far from the border as you can get and still be in Paktika. http://sfalphageek.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_sfalphageek_archive.html   (3822 words)      GHAZNI - LoveToKnow Article on GHAZNI Ghazni stands on the high tableland of central Afghanistan, in 68 18 E. long., 33 44 N. lat., at a height of 7280 ft. above the sea, and on the direct road between Kandahar and Kabul, 221 m. In 977 another Turk slave, Sabuktagin, who had married the daughter of his master Alptagin, obtained rule in Ghazni. In 997 Mahmud, son of Sabuktagin, succeeded to the government, and with his name Ghazni and the Ghaznevid dynasty have beome perpetually associated. http://28.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GH/GHAZNI.htm   (3822 words)

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