L'attentat de la mosquée de Gardêz est un attentat-suicide perpétré le 3 août 2018 par deux membres du groupe terroriste État islamique dans une mosquée chiite de Gardêz, dans l'est de l'Afghanistan. L'attaque fait 48 morts, dont trois enfants, et plus de 70 blessés. Elle s'inscrit dans le contexte de la guerre d'Afghanistan, qui depuis le départ des troupes occidentales en 2015 continue d'opposer le gouvernement aux groupes djihadistes armés.
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Gardez is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Paktia Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Gardez District and has an estimated population of 105,278 people. Mulawai Habibullah Akhundzada is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Mohammad Sharif Elham.
Gardez is home to Paktia University, which is located in the northern part of the city. The Gardez Airport is in the same area of the city. Gardez also has a number of bazaars, business centers, public parks, banks, hotels, restaurants, mosques, hospitals, universities, and places to play sports or just relax. The city is connected by a road network with Aryob to the northeast, Khost to the southeast, Sharan to the southwest, Ghazni to the west, and Puli Alam to the northwest.
Named after 'mountain fortress' in Middle Persian, Gardez was established at a junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the Sulaiman Mountains, it is a city of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan and has been a strategic location for armies throughout the country's long history. Observation posts believed to be built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits.
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The Gardez Fire Base was an American outpost in Afghanistan, near the city of Gardez, in the province of Paktia, near the border with Pakistan.
The base was approximately 100 kilometers south of Kabul, and was the subject of regular attack in 2003. In mid-August 2011, a truck packed with explosives detonated at the entrance, killing two Afghan guards but otherwise doing minimal damage to the base. The Taliban, however, made spurious claims of massive casualties and destroyed helicopters.
Colonel Burke Garrett published a letter in the Fort Drum Blizzard in which he described the living conditions at the Gardez Fire Base, and its neighboring bases:
The 1-87 Infantry and A Troop / 3-17 Cav are based out of Orgun-E and Gardez Fire Base respectively, but also located at several smaller bases in the eastern central part of the country, along the border with Pakistan. Living conditions are more austere there due to their remote locations, but they all receive mail, supplies of food and personal items regularly. Phone and e-mail connectivity varies by location, but we are working hard to improve our ability to contact families. They also have monthly helicopter visits from the AAFES staff based out of Bagram and Kandahar, so that they can still purchase items like CDs and magazines for their personal enjoyment.
FOB Gardez was closed in November 2014 by the 319th Movement Control Team from Dover, Delaware. The FOB was run by the 101st Airborne Division, 1st/506 Infantry Easy Co..
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Gardez Airport is a public use airport located near Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan.
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Paktia University is a public university in Gardez, which is the capital of Paktia Province in eastern Afghanistan. It is under the Ministry of Higher Education, which is headquartered in Kabul. The current chancellor of the university is Sheikh Mawlawi Sifatullah Haqqani. His predecessor was Abdul Hakim Hamdi.
Paktia University has approximately 4,500 students. Majority of them are male students. There are approximately 145 professors. The university's acceptance rate was reported at 55%.
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Qila Niazi is a village located near kabul Afghanistan. It is about 135 kilometres south of Kabul.
It was an ancient fortified area belonging to Niazi tribal chieftains who had married into the Barakzai Dynasty and settled in Paktia Province.
Named after its creators the Khans of Niazi, translated into English the name literally meant "Fort of the Niazis". The area originally housed a mud brick fort. Although Niazis had inhabited the area as far back as 1500 BC it is impossible to determine the date the fort was founded, since available oral evidence is contradictory.
The fort was inhabited until the late 1930s, when the Great Khan Niazi migrated to Pakistan as a result of the political turmoil in Afghanistan, which caused the nation to practically disintegrate into chaos. Today a village inhabited by Niazi tribesmen stands on the grounds of the fort.
Niazi Kala in Pashto is the area from the Salih Kheel village and up to Rabat Village of Paktia Gardez.
Thousands of Niazi families live in the Qila Noazi. The Niazi which lives in this Qila is divided into Mostiwal, Janakheel, Agarwal, Nazarkhil, Azgharkhil and more.
These people are mostly business related and on a very little quantity to political activities. They've flighted against British, Russian and US forces. A well-known influential Sufi named Sufi Bismillah Jan Niazi and a tribal leader Malak Nasrullah Jan Niazi were heads of Qila Niazi. They were brothers to one another. This tribe have tribal culture and rules which are implemented by Malakan and Ulama of the Masajids.
During Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani, Haji Abdul Rauf Khan Niazi tried to negotiate with Taliban and Republic government for peace and security. In the government of Ashraf Ghani, Malak Abdul Rauf Khan Niazi inaugurated Loya Jirga of all tribal leaders of Loya Paktia for peace dialogue at his Hujra.