Gosfandi District

Gosfandi
گوسفندی
District
Gosfandi
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°13′17″N 65°55′40″E / 36.22139°N 65.92778°E / 36.22139; 65.92778Coordinates: 36°13′17″N 65°55′40″E / 36.22139°N 65.92778°E / 36.22139; 65.92778
Country  Afghanistan
Province Sar-e Pol
Population
 • Religions Islam
Time zone UTC+4:30

Gosfandi District is a district of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan.

After the Taliban's rise to power in the 1990s, they committed five massacres, killing some 96 people, in the district.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nitya Ramakrishnan (25 July 2013). In Custody: Law, Impunity and Prisoner Abuse in South Asia. SAGE Publications. pp. 398–. ISBN 978-81-321-1632-5.
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