Uruzgan
Proper noun
Meaning
Uruzgan
Uruzgan province
A province of Afghanistan.
Examples
And yet, as it turned out, the safest terrorist havens of them all – the ones that would never be attacked by Western missiles or helicopters – were in the ADF’s own bases in Uruzgan province.
As a matter of fact, Shujaee is from Ghazni Province and is involved in torturing people in Khaas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province.
The Ministry of Defence on Saturday said majority of the attacks were reported in provinces of Kunduz, Helmand, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, Ghor, Badghis, Herat, Ghazni and Uruzgan, reports TOLO news.
A new 20-km road is being built between Tirinkot, capital of Uruzgan province, and Dehrawud district.
It would also give them a base for attacking the adjacent provinces of Uruzgan and Daikundi.
The area where the helicopter went down - a stretch of Kandahar along the border with Uruzgan province - is seen as a Taliban stronghold and key transit route.