The Bashgal Valley, also known as Landai Sin Valley, is a valley in eastern Afghanistan, formed by the Landai Sin River which empties into the Kunar River at Barikot, Kamdesh District in Nuristan Province. The largest town in the valley is Kamdesh. The lower Bashgal Valley is inhabited by the Kom people.
History
Before the signing of Durand Line Agreement, the Bashgal Valley formed a part of Kingdom of Chitral.[1] Chitral was forced to cede it after 1892 to Afghanistan.[2]
In the 1980s, Salafist cleric Mawlawi Afzal founded the Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan in Landai Sin, which established consulates in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.[3]
See also
References
- Singhal, Damodar P. (1963). India and Afghanistan, 1876–1907: A Study in Diplomatic Relations. University of Queensland Press. pp. 151, 154. ISBN 978-0-7022-0382-4.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Israr-ud-Din (1979). Dani, Ahmad Hasan (ed.). "Chitral — A Historical Sketch". Journal of Central Asia. 3 (4). Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar: 1–13.
- Crews, Robert D.; Tarzi, Amin, eds. (2008). The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-674-02690-2.