Helmand Province
Helmand (Pashto/Dari: هلمند) is ane o the 34 provinces o Afghanistan. It is in the soothwast o the kintra. Its caipital is Lashkar Gah. The Helmand River flows through the mainly desert region, providin watter for irrigation.
Helmand is the warld's lairgest opium-producin region, responsible for 75% o the warld's total production.[1][2] This is mair than the whole o Burma, which is the seicont lairgest producin naition efter Afghanistan. Afghan opium accounts for mair than 90% o the global supply.
The Helmand valley region is mentioned bi name in the Avesta (Fargard 1:13) as Haetumant, ane o the early centers o the Zoroastrian faith, in pre-Islamic Afghan history. Housomeivver, awin tae the preponderance o non-Zoroastrians (Hindus an Buddhists), the Helmand an Kabul regions wur an aw kent as "White Indie" in those days.[3] Some Vedic scholars (eg. Kochhar 1999) an aw believe the Helmand valley corresponds tae the Sarasvati aurie mentioned in the Rig Veda as the hameland for the Indo-Aryan migrations intae Indie, ca. 1500 BC.[4]
References [edit]
- ↑ Pat McGeough. "Where the poppy is king", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-03-05.
- ↑ "Afghanistan still the largest producer of opium: UN report", Zee News.
- ↑ Vendidad 1, at Avesta.org
- ↑ Kochhar, Rajesh, 'On the identity and chronology of the Ṛgvedic river Sarasvatī' in Archaeology and Language III; Artefacts, languages and texts, Routledge (1999), ISBN 0-415-10054-2.
Freemit airtins [edit]
- USAID information
- Provincial Govrenment steid
- Op/Ed by Holly Barnes Higgins who spent a year in Helmand wi USAID
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