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Discover Dasht-e Opian in Afghanistan

Dasht-e Opian in the region of Parvān is a town located in Afghanistan - some 32 mi or ( 52 km ) North of Kabul , the country's capital .

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Local time in Dasht-e Opian is now 08:17 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Totum Darah-ye 'Ulya, Tawus Khel, Sidqabad, Aibak, and Pul-e Khumri. When in this area, you might want to check out Totum Darah-ye 'Ulya . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Dasht-e Opian ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Kabul Transit - Malang Kohistani

3:02 min by kabultransit
Views: 67166 Rating: 4.80

KABUL TRANSIT - a documentary film www.kabultransit.net In the broken cityscape of Kabul Afghanistan, amid the dust and rubble of ... all » war, Westerners and Afghans adjust to the uncertain possibil ..

President Obama Speaks to Troops at Bagram Air Base

10:38 min by whitehouse
Views: 35601 Rating: 4.03

President Obama speaks to troops during an unannounced trip to Afghanistan where he signed a strategic partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai that marks the beginning of the end of the war ..


President Obama Visits Bagram, Afghanistan

12:28 min by dvidshub
Views: 903 Rating: 3.26

Uncut B-roll of President Obama on his surprise visit to Afghanistan. Crowd shots, and Speech to the Troops in it's entirety. Footage provided by 1st Infantry Division Headquarters. ..

Cool!

0:52 min by WILDMANC130
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A very cool avaition clip. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Ahtaj

Ahtaj is a town in Afghanistan.

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Located at 35.03 69.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated places in Parwan Province

Bagram Airfield

Bagram Airfield is one of the largest U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. It is located next to the ancient city of Bagram, 11 kilometres southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. The airfield comes with a dual-runway capable of handling any size military aircraft, including Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Antonov An-225. The base is mainly occupied by the U.S. Armed Forces, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and minimally by the military of Afghanistan.

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Located at 34.95 69.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations, Airports in Afghanistan, Bases of the United States Air Force in Afghanistan, Detention centers for extrajudicial prisoners of the United States, Military bases of the United States in Afghanistan, Prisoner-of-war camps, Soviet Air Force bases, United States Army airfields, United States Marine Corps in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests

The 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests was a series of protests of varying levels of violence which took place early in 2012 in response to the burning of Islamic religious material by soldiers from the United States of America Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. On 22 February 2012, US troops at Bagram Base disposed copies of the Quran that had been used by Taliban prisoners to write messages to each other. As part of the disposal parts of the books were burned.

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Located at 34.95 69.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 2012 in Afghanistan, 2012 protests, 2012 riots, Anti-Americanism, Hate crimes, Mass murder in 2012, Protests in Afghanistan, Quran-related controversies, Riots and civil disorder in Afghanistan

2007 Bagram Airfield bombing

The 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing was a suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, while Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, was visiting. The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base 60 km north of Kabul. {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }} In 2007, Bagram was the main US airbase in Afghanistan.

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Located at 34.95 69.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Assassination attempts, Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Conflicts in 2007, Dick Cheney, Mass murder in 2007, Suicide bombings in Afghanistan, Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2007

Salang River

The Salang is a 438 kilometre long river of Afghanistan, flowing through Parwan Province. It is a tributary of the Indus River and the Ghorband River and the Panjshir River and the Kabul River.

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Located at 35.07 69.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Parwan Province, Rivers of Afghanistan