HONR 269 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hindu Kush, Afghan National Police, Lapis Lazuli
26 Nov 2018
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Summary (barfield, maps 1-5: map 1: hindu kush traverses northeast. Khyber pass leads into pakistan in the east. Two rivers, the harirud and helmand, run through the country (harirud from the west, The country is completely landlocked: map 2: the very south of afghanistan appears to be mostly uninhabited. The durrani and ghilzai pashtuns live in the lower central and eastern regions. Uzbeks and turkmen live in the utmost northern region. Tajiks live in the northeast, and hazaras lives in the central region. Aimaqs live in the west: map 3: nomads tend to migrate to the central region (highlands of the hindu kush). Others move short distances, from pastures to valleys and back. Herat: general info, one of the largest provinces borders iran, turkmenistan, badghis, ghor & Afghan war: one of first provinces to be highly susceptible to taliban, migration is big, growing conflict between is and taliban, isil gaining momentum in this area, increasingly volatile.
