Gosfandi District
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District in Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan
Gosfandi
گوسفندی | |
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  Gosfandi Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°13′17″N 65°55′40″E / 36.22139°N 65.92778°E / 36.22139; 65.92778 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Sar-e Pol |
| Elevation | 1,220 m (4,000 ft) |
| 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]
References
- ↑ 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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