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Revision as of 00:38, 8 May 2022
31°49′N 64°33′E / 31.817°N 64.550°E
Grishk | |
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.jpg) Grishk district riverside | |
  Grishk Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′N 64°33′E / 31.817°N 64.550°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Helmand Province |
| Elevation | 2,680 ft (817 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Grishk (Pashto: ګرِشک, romanized: Grishk; Persian: گِرِشک, romanized: Gereshk), also spelled Gereshk, is a town in Grishk District of Helmand province, geographically located along the Helmand River in Afghanistan, some 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Kandahar, at 817 metres (2,680 ft) altitude. Upstream lies the Kajaki Dam which diverts water to the Boghra Irrigation Canal, an essential infrastructure for the region's crops. Grishk Dam is also nearby. Grishk was originally built around a fort on the east bank of the river but was later rebuilt on the west. The fort was twice captured by the British: first in the First Anglo-Afghan War and again in 1879. In both cases the fort was later abandoned. Grishk has a population of about 48,546 and has a hospital and a school of engineering which was built back in 1957.
Grishk is located on the important transport route known as Highway 1, which was built during the time of the Soviet–Afghan War. This route links Farah Province in the west and to Kandahar Province in the east. As part of Operation Moshtarak the British Army and Afghan workers are constructing Route Trident, a road that will eventually connect Grishk with the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.[1] Grishk is also the southern terminus of Route 611. The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[2]
Climate
Grishk has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Grishk is 19.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 117 mm. Summers start in mid-May, last until late-September, and are extremely dry. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 32.2 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.0 °C.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
34.9 (94.8) |
40.1 (104.2) |
41.3 (106.3) |
39.6 (103.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
10.8 (51.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Ethnography
The population of Grishk is primarily made up of Pashtuns, along with large minorities of Hazaras and Shia Tajiks, being one of the only regions of Helmand province with a significant Shia minority.[4] Grishk was under control of Noorzai tribe during the time of first Taliban government, and Mullah Mir Hamza an ethnic Pashtun from Noorzai tribe was the District governor of Grishk, while Mullah Mahmmad Azam an ethnic Pashtun from Noorzai tribe was the commander of Taliban forces in Grishk.[5][6]
Operation Enduring Freedom
In November, 2003, Afghan Civilian Abdul Wahed died in Grishk at the special forces base, after being exposed to torture by the Afghan army.[7] In April 2008 the 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, Echo Co, which was sent there to help support train the Afghan Police, worked with the Danish and British military.[8]
On December 4, 2008, two Danish soldiers were killed near Grishk.[9]
In June 2017, the son of Taliban leader Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, named Hafiz Abdul Rahman, committed a suicide attack against Afghan forces based in the city.[10]
The city, along with other parts of Helmand province and the whole of Afghanistan, fell to Taliban forces as a result of the 2021 Taliban offensive.
See also
References
- ^ "Progress slow and messy in Afghanistan". BBC News. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ (pdf) The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: A.I.D. Evaluation Special Study No. 18 C Clapp-Wicek & E Baldwin, U.S. Agency for International Development, published December 1983
- ^ "Climate: Gereshk - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Dennys, Christian (2014-05-30). Military Intervention, Stabilisation and Peace: The search for stability. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-90833-3.
- ^ Dupree, Louis (1973). Afghanistan (1st ed.).
- ^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (2003). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan (3rd ed.). ISBN 978-0810878150.
- ^ [1] NYTimes: US Fails to Investigate Abuses
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [2] Two Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- ^ "Son of Taliban's emir kills himself in suicide attack on Afghan forces | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
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