:Abdullah Gan

{{Short description|Mountainous region of Afghanistan}}

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Abdullah Gan, is a mountainous region of Afghanistan. The population there are primarily members of the Shia Muslim Hazara ethnic group. They were particularly obstinate in their opposition to the hard-line Sunni Taliban regime.

Throughout the war, the Taliban laid siege to Abdullah Gan, refusing to allow any aid through.{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan: Famine Averted, But Hunger Crisis Still Looms |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1098481.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nessman |first=Ravi |date=2002-01-09 |title=Afghans eat grass as aid fails to arrive |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/09/afghanistan |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} Villagers caught trying to bring food up from Zari were beaten.{{Citation needed|date = July 2008}}