Panjshir Valley
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Panjshir Valley is a strategically important mountainous region in northeastern Afghanistan known for its strong resistance to Soviet forces and later the Taliban.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Panjshir Valley canonical | 16 |
| Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | 2 |
| Panjshir | 1 |
| Panjshir Gorge | 1 |
| named after Panjshir ("Five Lions") Valley | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| accessRoute | road from Kabul through Parwan ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Northern Alliance ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ |
| borderingRegion |
Badakhshan
ⓘ
surface form:
Badakhshan region
Kapisa Province ⓘ Parwan Province ⓘ |
| capitalSettlement | Bazarak ⓘ |
| conflictRole |
center of anti-Soviet resistance
ⓘ
center of anti-Taliban resistance ⓘ |
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| distanceFromCapital | approximately 150 km northeast of Kabul ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale mining ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tajiks ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | river valley ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
cold winters
ⓘ
continental ⓘ mild to warm summers ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Panjshir River ⓘ |
| hasTerrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Afghan civil conflicts after 1990
ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Taliban insurgency ⓘ
surface form:
Taliban–Northern Alliance conflict
|
| knownFor |
natural defenses
ⓘ
resistance to Soviet forces ⓘ resistance to the Taliban ⓘ strategic importance ⓘ |
| language | Dari Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Panjshir Province ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Hindu Kush ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
Panjsher offensives
ⓘ
surface form:
Panjshir offensives during Soviet–Afghan War
|
| notableResource | emeralds ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hindu Kush
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu Kush region
Panjshir Province ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | predominantly rural ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| securityReputation | historically difficult to conquer ⓘ |
| strategicFeature |
limited access routes
ⓘ
narrow passes ⓘ steep mountains ⓘ |
| timeZone | Afghanistan Time ⓘ |
| usedAs |
base of resistance movements
ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +04:30 ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan
this entity surface form:
Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan
this entity surface form:
Panjshir Gorge
this entity surface form:
named after Panjshir ("Five Lions") Valley
this entity surface form:
Panjshir