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Mihtarlam
Mihtarlam (Pashto, Dari: مهترلام), also spelled as Mehtarlam, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Laghman Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Mehtarlam District and has an estimated population of 160,123 people.
The city is situated in the valley formed by the Alishang and Alingar rivers, 47 km (29 mi) northwest of Jalalabad. There is a road between the cities that takes about an hour to travel by car. The Laghman University is in the northern part of the city, on university road.
According to local legend, the surrounding Laghman Province (also known as Lamghan) is said to have been named after Lamech, father of Noah.
In the Persian language, mihtar means "headman", "lord" or "chief", and "Lam" is an abbreviation for Lamech.
Amir Habibullah Khan built Qala-e-Seraj c. 1912–13 in Mehtarlam.
On 6 February 2006, two people were killed by police in riots in Mihtarlam in events of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
On 26 February 2017, two students were killed and seven others wounded when a rocket landed in Shaheed Mawlawi Abdul Rahman School in Basram. On 14 April 2019, at least seven children were killed when unexploded ordnance detonated in Basram on the outskirts of Mihtarlam.
Local officials spent 22 million Afs to rebuild Qala-e-Seraj in 2020.
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Mihtarlam
Mihtarlam (Pashto, Dari: مهترلام), also spelled as Mehtarlam, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Laghman Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Mehtarlam District and has an estimated population of 160,123 people.
The city is situated in the valley formed by the Alishang and Alingar rivers, 47 km (29 mi) northwest of Jalalabad. There is a road between the cities that takes about an hour to travel by car. The Laghman University is in the northern part of the city, on university road.
According to local legend, the surrounding Laghman Province (also known as Lamghan) is said to have been named after Lamech, father of Noah.
In the Persian language, mihtar means "headman", "lord" or "chief", and "Lam" is an abbreviation for Lamech.
Amir Habibullah Khan built Qala-e-Seraj c. 1912–13 in Mehtarlam.
On 6 February 2006, two people were killed by police in riots in Mihtarlam in events of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
On 26 February 2017, two students were killed and seven others wounded when a rocket landed in Shaheed Mawlawi Abdul Rahman School in Basram. On 14 April 2019, at least seven children were killed when unexploded ordnance detonated in Basram on the outskirts of Mihtarlam.
Local officials spent 22 million Afs to rebuild Qala-e-Seraj in 2020.