laghman is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, established in 1962, located in the eastern part of the country.It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the capital of the province. In some historical texts the name is written as "Lamghan" or as "Lamghanat".
The province stretches on 3, 843 square kilometers area with a total population of 435, 000 individuals. It is 772 meters above the sea level.
Laghman has attractive geography. It is located with the hills of Hindu Kush Mountains, and the Alingar and Alishing Rivers contribute to its beauty.
The province has the strength with Pashtun 58%, Tajik 21% and 21 Pashai % tribes. Other tribes such as Sapi, Sahak, Hotkahil, Kharoti, Alkozi, Tara khail, Rustamkhail, Mechan Khail, Aka Khail, Niazi, and Wardak also reside in Laghman who hails from Pashtun tribe.
The province has immense historical

laghman is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, established in 1962, located in the eastern part of the country.It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the capital of the province. In some historical texts the name is written as "Lamghan" or as "Lamghanat".
The province stretches on 3, 843 square kilometers area with a total population of 435, 000 individuals. It is 772 meters above the sea level.
Laghman has attractive geography. It is located with the hills of Hindu Kush Mountains, and the Alingar and Alishing Rivers contribute to its beauty.
The province has the strength with Pashtun 58%, Tajik 21% and 21 Pashai % tribes. Other tribes such as Sapi, Sahak, Hotkahil, Kharoti, Alkozi, Tara khail, Rustamkhail, Mechan Khail, Aka Khail, Niazi, and Wardak also reside in Laghman who hails from Pashtun tribe.
The province has immense historical importance as it was once the center of Buddhist civilization with many remnants belongs to the Indian royal King (Ashoka), which were found near Daronta district.
The total number of villages in Laghman reaches to 640
History:
Located currently at the Kabul Museum are Aramaic inscriptions that were found in Laghman which indicated an ancient trade route from India to Palmyra.Aramaic was the bureaucratic script language of the Achaemenids whose influence had extended toward Laghman. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka.
Inscriptions in Aramaic dating from the Mauryan Dynasty were find in Laghman which discussed the conversion of Ashoka to Buddhism.
In the seventh century, the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited Laghman, which he called “Lan-p’o” and considered part of India.
By the tenth century, Laghman was still connected to the Greater Indian world. Hudud al-‘alam which was finished in 982 AD mentioned the presence of some idol worshipping temples in the area. According to Muslim historian al-Utbi, the region was converted to Islam towards the end of the tenth century by the Ghaznavids, led by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
Sabuktigin then won one of his greatest battles in Laghman against the Hindu Shahis whose ruler, Jayapala, had amassed an army for the battle that numbered 100, 000.The area later fell to the Ghurids followed by the Khilis and Timurids.
During the early years of the 16th century, the Mughal ruler Babur spent much time in Laghman, and in Baburnama (memoirs of Babur) he expatiated on the beauty of forested hillsides and the fertility of the valley bottoms of the region Laghman was recognized as a dependent district of Kabulistan in the Mughal era and according to Baburnama, “Greater Lamghanat” included the Muslim-settled part of the Kafiristan, including the easterly one of Kunar River.Laghman was the base for expeditions against the non-believers and was frequently mentioned in accounts of jihads led by Mughal emperor Akbar’s younger brother, Mohammad Hakim, who was the governor of Kabul. In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani defeated the Mughals and made the territory part of the Durrani Empire.In the late nineteenth century, Amir Abdur Rahman Khan forced the remaining kafirs (Nuristani people) to accept Islam.
Culture:
There are greater cultural activities in Laghman because it shares borders with Nangarhar.People of both provinces have attachment with cultural activities. The Laghman Samsor poetry function is being held annually at the provincial Information and Culture department with poets and writers from different parts of the country attend the program.
Laghman province witnesses establishment of various civil societies such as,Laghman Art Movement, Independent Union of Eastern Writers and Journalist, Women Rights Support Society,Youth Society after the initial establishment of Alingar Cultural Young in 2007.
 In 2004 many letters written in Armenian language were discovered form Shala-Tag Mountain.The letters are being kept in Laghman province as historical heritage

Demography:
The total population of the province is about 424,100, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. According to the Naval Postgraduate School, the ethnic groups of the province are as follows: 51% Pashtun, 21% Tajik, 27% Pashai and Nuristani (Kata). The people of Laghman are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim.

Education:

The people of Laghman province are fond of education. There are 291 schools with 119 among those are high while the rest are primary and intermediate schools.
Provincial Education Department officials said a total number of student in the province is 178,171 with 80,618 are girls while the remaining are boys.
Approximately, as many as 4, 098 teachers impart education to the students in the province with 311 among them are female teachers.
There are four agricultural high schools, technical institute, Dar-ul-Ulum, 14 Madrassas, pedagogical institute and four affiliated pedagogical institutes offer education to the people of the province.
Despite government education services, there are four private high schools where hundreds of student study.Laghman University has started education services in four faculties last year.

Rivers and Dams:
The Alingar and Alishing Rivers are famous in Larghman.The two rivers join River Kabul in Qargayi district and flow toward Nangarhar province alongside Kabul- Jalalabad road.
There is dam in the province however it is more useful for Nangarhar province rather than Laghman.
The fishing farms at the bank of Kabul River in Qargayi district is useful industry for the locals but it is not functioning now
Agriculture:  
Two types of farming system i.e. irrigated and rainfed is found in the province. According to the survey done by DAI in 2005, the figures in the following table show a breakdown of the irrigated and agriculture land by district A large number of Laghman residents associated with the profession of agriculture. They cultivate crops on vast fields because the province has enough irrigation water. Alingar and Alishang Rivers flows within the province.
A large quantity of vegetable is cultivated in Laghman which not only accomplishes needs of local but being exported to nearby provinces.
In addition, the province produces fruits such as orange, grapefruit, lemon, sugar, apples, and apricot. Furthermore, maples trees walnuts and dry fruit trees can be found in the forest of Laghman.
Industry:
Laghman, being the most suitable area for industry because of its warm climate, could not get enough industries.
Industry is very week in Laghman province, though small factories of sandals manufacturing, carpentry, and tomato paste production operating to some extent.
Investors are not willing to invest in industrial sector because of uncertainty in industries business.

Natural resources:  
Laghman is a province with lot of natural resources.There are some minerals in the province (http://www.palagems.com/afghanistan_bariand.htm). There is lot of natural coniferous forests in the side valleys of the province especially in Alingar and Alishang districts.The major sources of irrigation are three rivers (Alishang, Alingar and Kabul) in the province.  
There are no major developments going on in the province during the last five years.There are some developments in the sectors of agriculture and infrastructure. The traditional agriculture has mainly shifted to intensive multiple cash crops growing during the last five years.  
Human Resources:
According to an estimate more than 40% of the people migrated to other parts of the country, Pakistan during the war. Almost half of the refugees have returned but due to proximity of the province with Pakistan border. Back and forth movement of the people is always going on.  
Part of Laghman is the winter grazing grounds for Kochis who stay from October-March in these areas.In some parts they have traditional rights for grazing but in others where they have no rights are leased to them by locals. Pashai people who have distinct life style than the majority of Pustun dominated population in the province also live in some valleys of Alishang Alingar and Dawlat Shah.These people mostly depend on the livestock and wood selling and also migrate to summer pastures.  
Laghman is rich in human resources and the people of Laghman are considered to be cleverest in the whole country.There is a local proverb that time spent in Laghman is equivalent to time spent in getting education in a university.There are a lot of stories about the cleverness of Laghman people. Several famous people like Zalmey KhalilZad and former Afghan Prime Minister Abdul Zahir belong to the province.There are 198 schools in the province with an enrollment of 63,624 students.There is a growing trend of education in the area.  

Sports:
People in Laghman province of great fans of traditional games such as volleyball and football, however in the recent past cricket gains momentum as one of the most favorite game. The provincial cricket team navigated to final in the recent national tournament.Other games such as taekwondo, boxing and karate are also played in the province.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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