Bazarak District

Bazarak District is a district of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. The population in 2019 was estimated to be 20,892.[1]

Bazarak
بازارک
District
Bazarak is located in Afghanistan
Bazarak
Bazarak
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34.5500°N 70.5500°E / 34.5500; 70.5500
CountryAfghanistan
ProvincePanjshir Province
Time zoneUTC+04:30 (AST)

The district was reportedly the last of the province captured by the Taliban from the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan on 6 September, during the Republican insurgency in Afghanistan. Remaining resistance fighters were pushed into the mountains.[2][3][4] On 9 September, however, Ali Maisam Nazary, the Resistance's spokesman and foreign relations head, downplayed the amount of territory the Taliban was reported to have taken control of in Panjshir province, stating that 60% was still under National Resistance Front control.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. Robertson, Nic; Kohzad, Nilly; Lister, Tim; Regan, Helen (6 September 2021). "Taliban claims victory in Panjshir, but resistance forces say they still control strategic position in the valley". CNN. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. Pannett, Rachel (6 September 2021). "Panjshir Valley, last resistance holdout in Afghanistan, falls to the Taliban". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. Kazmin, Amy; Findlay, Stephanie; Bokhari, Farhan (September 6, 2021). "Taliban says it has captured last Afghan region of resistance". Financial Times. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. Mohan, Geeta (9 September 2021). "Ahmad Massoud, Saleh safe, Panjshir hasn't fallen: NRF says Taliban will suffer consequences:Exclusive". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. "NRF says 60 percent of Afghanistan's Panjshir still under control, Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh alive". First Post. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.


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