Pol-e Chomri
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پل خمری Pol-e Chomri |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 57 ' N , 68 ° 42' E | ||
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| Country | Afghanistan | ||
| Baglan | |||
| District | Pol-e Chomri | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AF-BGL | ||
| height | 635 m | ||
| resident | 123,700 (2020) | ||
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Pol-e Chomri (or Puli Khumri , Pashto / Dari :پل خمری) is a city in northern Afghanistan .
It is the capital of Baglan Province . The 1979 census showed a population of 31,101. According to official estimates, it had a population of 123,700 in 2020. This makes it the seventh largest city in Afghanistan.
Pol-e Chomri is located in an agriculturally useful floodplain. In the city there is a cement factory built with Soviet help. About 12 km to the north is the Surkh Kotal archaeological site .
In Puli Khumri was from October 2006 to March 2013, a Provincial Reconstruction Team of ISAF , under the direction of Hungarian armed forces .
Combat troops of battalion strength (around 600 men) of the Bundeswehr had been stationed at the Observation Post North near the city since the summer of 2010 . From there, the highways from Kabul to Mazar-e Sharif and Kunduz were monitored . Ten soldiers were killed in the process. The withdrawal from the base began in February 2013.
In August 2021, the Taliban took control of the city.
Web links
- Provincial Reconstruction Team (Pol-e Khomri, Baghlan Province) ( English )
- The performance of the HUN PRT (PDF; 94.96 kB, English)
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Afghanistan: Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved August 10, 2021 .
- ↑ Paul Clammer: Afghanistan . 1st edition. Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Vic. 2007, ISBN 978-1-74059-642-8 , pp. 159 f . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ faz.net - withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Jump up ↑ Afghanistan: Taliban capture another provincial capital. In: zeit.de. Retrieved August 10, 2021 .