Anaba District

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Anaba or Anabah District is a district of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 19,978.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-98.pdf|publisher=Central Statistics Organization|access-date=4 April 2020|date=18 November 2019|title=Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20|page=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811203654/https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-98.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-11 |url-status=live}}

On 5 September 2021, Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi said that the four districts of Panjshir Province had been captured, including Anabah District.{{Cite web|title=Taliban capture 'four districts of Panjshir'|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2318630/taliban-capture-four-districts-of-panjshir|access-date=2021-09-05|website=TheExpressTribune}}

However, Panjshir Resistance spokesman Ali Maisam Nazary later made unverified claims that 60% of the entire province was still under National Resistance Front control.{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/nrf-says-60-percent-of-afghanistans-panjshir-still-under-control-ahmad-massoud-and-amrullah-saleh-alive-9950481.html|title=NRF says 60 percent of Afghanistan's Panjshir still under control, Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh alive|publisher=First Post|date=9 September 2021|accessdate=9 September 2021}}

On 6 October 2021, the NRF claimed it had stormed the district and liberated it. It claimed to have killed over 50 Taliban and wounded over 20 Taliban fighters.{{Cite web|title=twitter.com/nrfreporting/status/1445657104434405376|url=https://twitter.com/nrfreporting/status/1445657104434405376|access-date=2021-10-06|website=Twitter|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=twitter.com/northernaliance/status/1446036332447510532|url=https://twitter.com/northernaliance/status/1446036332447510532|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Facilities

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File:Emergency-hospital-anabah.jpg, in Anabah, Afghanistan, with Hindu Kush mountains in the background.]]

A Surgical and Paediatric Centre and a Maternity Centre are run by the Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency in Anaba since 1999. This was the first intervention by Emergency in Afghanistan, and also serves as a centre of operations for smaller posts across the valley and neighbouring provinces.{{cite web | title= Emergency: situation is stabilising in Kabul but clashes continue at the airport | website= Emergency |date = 2021-08-18 | url = https://en.emergency.it/press-releases/emergency-situation-is-stabilising-in-kabul-but-clashes-continue-at-the-airport | access-date = 2021-08-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210819173524/https://en.emergency.it/press-releases/emergency-situation-is-stabilising-in-kabul-but-clashes-continue-at-the-airport |archive-date= 2021-08-19 |url-status=live }}{{cite web | title= EMERGENCY's first medical facility in Afghanistan was in Anabah. | website= Emergency | url = https://en.emergency.it/projects/afghanistan-anabah-medical-surgical-centre/ | access-date = 2023-01-19 }}

See also

References

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{{Districts of Afghanistan}}

{{Panjshir Province}}

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Category:Districts of Panjshir Province

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