Musa Qala
موسی کلا | |
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Town | |
 Afghan National Army (ANA) patrolling alongside U.S. Marines in Musa Qala (2010) | |
  Musa Qala Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′35.88″N 64°44′39.84″E / 32.4433000°N 64.7444000°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Helmand Province |
| District | Musa Qala District |
| Elevation | 1,043 m (3,422 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time) |
Musa Qala (Pashto: موسی کلا; "Fortress of Moses")[1] is a town and the district centre of Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is located at 32°26′36″N 64°44′40″E / 32.4433°N 64.7444°E and at an altitude of 1,043 m in the valley of Musa Qala River in the central western part of the district. Its population has been reported in the British press to be both 2,000[2] and 20,000.[3] It is in a desolate[4] area, populated by native Pashtun tribes.[5]
- ^ Times online - Bungs and bungling in Musa Qala: (15 July 2008)
- ^ Smith, Mick (1 October 2006) "Message to the Politicians - Let the Soldiers Get on with their Job!" Times Online Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tom Coghlan in Kabul and James Burleigh (10 December 2007) "Battle for Taliban stronghold intensifies" Telegraph Online
- ^ Toderich, Kristina and Tsikatani, Tsuneo (October 2005) "Water/Pasture Assessment of Registan Desert (Kandahar and Helmand Provinces)" Kier Discussion Paper Series Discussion Paper No. 606, p. 2
- ^ Rahmani, Waliullah (23 March 2006) "Helmand Province and the Afghan Insurgency" Terrorism Monitor 4(6): pp. 3-5, p.4 Archived 16 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine