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'''Parwan Province''', in Afghanistan, is on the northwest of [[Kabul Province]], in the [[Shomali Plain]]. The main military [[Bagram Airport]], and it has returned to being agriculturally productive.  
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'''Parwan''' is a province in Afghanistan. It is in the [[Shomali Plain]] north-west of Kabul Province, and it is mainly an agricultural region. Parwan's capital is [[Charikar]]. The Salang Tunnel provides the only year-round route from Kabul to the northern provinces and thence to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Divided into ten districts, Parwan's population is less than one million. The main ethnic groups are [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] and Tajiks.


==Government==
==Terrain==
The provincial capital is [[Charikar]]. The province is in [[ISAF Regional Command East]].<ref name=ISW>{{citation
Parwan is mountainous, with the Kott-i-Baba Range in the southwest, the Panjshir Range in the north, and the Paghman Range in the southeast. Two main rivers cross the province: the Ghowr Band River and the Panjshir River. Crops are grown along the fertile river valleys including the Shomali Plain, and livestock are raised throughout the province. Mountains in the high-altitude Ghorband and Shinwari Districts are covered with snow year-round.
| publisher = Institute for the Study of War
| title = Regional Command East
| url  = http://www.understandingwar.org/region/regional-command-east#Parwan}}</ref>


*Governor: Jafar Takwa
*Chief of police: Abdul Rrahman Siadkhel Mowlana
==Terrain==
It is mountainous, with the Kott-i-Baba Range in the southwest, the Panjshir Range in the north, and the Paghman Range in the southeast.  Two main rivers cross the province: the Ghowr Band River and the Panjshir River. Crops are grown along the fertile river valleys incuding the Shomali Plain, and livestock are raised throughout the province. Mountains in the high-altitude Ghorband and Shinwari Districts are covered with snow year-round.
==Demographics==
Divided into ten districts, it has a population of almost 600,000.65 The main ethnic groups are [[Pastun people|Pashtuns]] and [[Tajik]]s, but there are small numbers of [[Uzbek]]s, [[Qizilbash]] and [[Hazara]]s.
==Security==
It is one of the safest provinces in Afghanistan. Incidents in Parwan usually involve grenade attacks on the residences of government officials or roadside bombs. Casualties  are generally low.
==Drugs==
Opium poppy cultivation has been eradicated in Parwan, although narcotics trafficking continues.
==References==
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Parwan is a province in Afghanistan. It is in the Shomali Plain north-west of Kabul Province, and it is mainly an agricultural region. Parwan's capital is Charikar. The Salang Tunnel provides the only year-round route from Kabul to the northern provinces and thence to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Divided into ten districts, Parwan's population is less than one million. The main ethnic groups are Pashtuns and Tajiks.

Terrain

Parwan is mountainous, with the Kott-i-Baba Range in the southwest, the Panjshir Range in the north, and the Paghman Range in the southeast. Two main rivers cross the province: the Ghowr Band River and the Panjshir River. Crops are grown along the fertile river valleys including the Shomali Plain, and livestock are raised throughout the province. Mountains in the high-altitude Ghorband and Shinwari Districts are covered with snow year-round.

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