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| '''Daykundi Province''' (also transliterated ''Daikundi''), in central Afghanistan, was split from [[Uruzgan Province]] in 2004, to make its majority [[Hazara]] while Uruzgan was [[Pashtun]]. District-level adjustments followed. Uruzgan forms its southern edge. It has a small southwest border with [[Helmand Province]], with [[Ghor Province]] on the west and north. [[Bamyan Province]] is on the northwest and [[Ghazni Province]] on its west. It is in the [[Hindu Kush]] mountains. | | '''Daykundi Province''' (also transliterated ''Daikundi''), in central Afghanistan, was split from [[Uruzgan Province|Uruzgan]] in 2004, to make its majority [[Hazara]] while Uruzgan was [[Pashtun]]. District-level adjustments followed. Uruzgan forms its southern border. Daykundi's other borders are with [[Helmand Province|Helmand]] south west; [[Ghor Province|Ghor]] west and north; Bamyan north west; and [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]] west. Daykundi is in the [[Hindu Kush]] mountains. Its capital is Nili, also written Dili. |
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| Its capital is [[Nili]], also written Dili, or is called Khadir. There is little representation by the [[Afghan National Army]] or [[International Security Assistance Force]]; it is under ISAF Regional Command East. The capital is snowbound three months out of the year, and transport infrastructure is only slowly being built due to lack of funds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Motevalli|first=Golnar|date=25 February 2013|title=Afghanistan's first female mayor proves critics wrong|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/24/afghanistan-first-female-mayor|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref> The closest airport to Nili is the Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh. | |
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| In 2007, floods and drought destroyed most of the wheat harvest and almost all the almond trees of the province; these are its two main crops. Approximately 40,000 families are believed in need of food, but no [[nongovernmental organization]] considers any road there to be safe.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vogt|first=Heidi|date=27 November 2008|title=Winter of hunger looms in Afghanistan|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2008443420_apasafghanhungrywinter.html|publisher=The Seattle Times|accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref> There have been continuing problems in food convoys reaching the province, having been attacked by insurgents from Helmand. A [[World Food Programme]] convoy was blocked in late 2007, and WFP stopped operations on the ring road in that region.<ref name=IRIN>{{citation| title = AFGHANISTAN: Insecurity stops food aid to a Daykundi district
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Revision as of 17:24, 3 March 2024
Daykundi Province (also transliterated Daikundi), in central Afghanistan, was split from Uruzgan in 2004, to make its majority Hazara while Uruzgan was Pashtun. District-level adjustments followed. Uruzgan forms its southern border. Daykundi's other borders are with Helmand south west; Ghor west and north; Bamyan north west; and Ghazni west. Daykundi is in the Hindu Kush mountains. Its capital is Nili, also written Dili.
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