Alishang | |
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Village | |
  Alishang Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°42′12″N 70°9′11″E / 34.70333°N 70.15306°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Laghman |
| District | Mihtarlam |
| Elevation | 862 m (2,828 ft) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Alishang is a village, river and a fertile valley of Laghman Province, and also the district headquarters of Mihtarlam District, in eastern Afghanistan.[1][2] It lies about 40 km northwest of Jalalabad.
The fertile Alishang valley drained by the Alishang River, which is described as "contracted", has an abundance of mounds and caves. Is surrounded by Badrow hills. Alladad Khan castle is located close to the village.[3][4] The Alishang River valley has a number of villages on the way from Jalalabad, such as Kargai, Tajak, Tigadee and Safees along its river course, which in some reaches is very narrow and can be forded by dismounting from the horse's back.[2]
- ^ Geographic Names, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, accessed 28 April 2011
- ^ a b Burnes, Sir Alexander; Leech, Robert; Lord, Perceval Barton; Wood, John (1839). Reports and papers, political, geographical, & commercial submitted to government by Alexander Burnes, Lieutenant Leech, Doctor Lord, and Lieutenant Wood, employed on missions in the years 1835-36-37 in Scinde, Affghanisthan, and adjacent countries. G.H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Mason, Charles (1844). Journeys in Balochistan,Afghanistan the Panjab, & Kalat. p. 293.
- ^ Jalali, Ali Ahmad; Grau, Lester W. (2002). Afghan guerrilla warfare: in the words of the Mujahideen fighters. Zenith Imprint. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7603-1322-0.