Badghis

Badghis is a province of northwestern Afghanistan and was part of Herat Province until 1964. Its area is 8,438 square miles, and it has a population of about 47,000 and borders on Turkmenistan in the north and Herat in the west. The climate is cold in the winter and hot in the summer, and the province has an abundance of good water and grassy hills but is almost totally devoid of bushes and trees. The economy is largely dependent on agriculture, with the main crops being barley, wheat, and pistachio nuts. The population was mainly nomadic in the past because of the fear of Turkoman raids from the north, but it is now largely composed of Pashtuns, Jamshidis, Hazaras, and small communities of other ethnic groups.

References

• Conflict in Afghanistan Frank A. Clements
• Adamec, Ludwig. 1972–1985. Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. 6 vols. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck-u Verlagsansalt.