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    Operation Karez was a military operation between May 13–23, 2008 involving Norwegian and German ISAF and Afghan government forces against the Taliban as...
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  • military operations in 2008 included the Helmand province campaign, Operation Karez, and Operation Eagle's Summit, among others. Operation Sohil Laram...
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    Qanat (redirect from Karez)
    system operates under a variety of regional names: qanat or kārīz in Iran, karez in Afghanistan and Pakistan, foggara in Algeria, qanat in Malta, khettara...
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    Battalion was operational on 1 July 2003. The unit participated in Operation Karez in Afghanistan, in May 2008. One soldier died in Afghanistan in 2004...
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    Turpan Karez Paradise (Chinese: 吐魯番坎儿井乐园) is a museum featuring Turpan's karez water management system in Turpan, a city in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang...
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  • Operation Karez (2008) Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (2009–2014) Libyan Civil War (2011) 2011 military intervention in Libya Operation Odyssey...
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  • Ghowrmach district. Operation Harekate Yolo was the combat debut of the CV90 armoured vehicle, used by the Norwegian Army. Operation Karez Aftenposten Newspaper:...
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  • Force German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan Operation Harekate Yolo Operation Karez Operation Oqab Main Source: Winfried Nachtwei report on Afghanistan...
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  • forces, alongside Afghan National Army troops, conducted Operation Karez, a military operation in Badghis province in the north of Afghanistan. It was...
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    under heavy machine gun and RPG fire from Taliban fighters during Operation Karez in Badghis Province. The attack left 13 Taliban fighters dead and an...
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    business in the area. The people from Maidan Shahr are also experts in karez cleaning and repair and go to other parts of the country for this purpose...
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    wounded in action in Afghanistan sometime between June and October 2005. Operation Karez Seliger, Marco (18 January 2007). "Ein Anschlag, kein Unfall". Frankfurter...
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  • was 18 or 19 at the time of her death. She is buried in the village of Karez along with her father and fiancé, locals regard her grave as a shrine. The...
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  • was elevated and lacked water, so personnel were rotated every 24 hours Karez-e-Buzurg Village, located two kilometers south of the Jalalabad Airport...
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    (encompassing the tehsil of Qamar Din Karez and the subtehsil of Ashewat). A government webpage lists these as Ashwat, Qamar Din Karez, Sambaza and Zhob, without...
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    cultivate opium poppy." With Afghanistan's limited irrigation, in which qanats (karez) still play a big role, transportation and other agricultural infrastructure...
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    includes the construction and maintenance of underground channels called karez that brings water from the mountains to their fields. A few of the well-known...
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    2011, the 530th Bloodhounds deployed to Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez, Afghanistan in the Helmand province to conduct route clearance. In May...
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  • Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016. "Karez System Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from...
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    Khewra Salt Mine – the second largest and oldest salt mine in the world Karez System – in Balochistan Ziarat Juniper Forest – a juniper forest in Ziarat...
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    traditional irrigation systems such as the karez. This collapse, and the violence, have also driven migration away from karez systems, which are located in rural...
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    either the Arabian Peninsula or the Persian Empire (referred to as qanat or karez in the Middle East). These structures are still found in Andalusia province...
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  • additional crossing points have been established in Qila Saifullah, Qameruddin Karez, and Baracha Noor Wahab in the Chagai district by the authorities in Balochistan...
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    well irrigation projects was at the expense of the traditional qanat or karez users groundwater-related subsidence of the land due to mining of groundwater...
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    to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water...
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    Force and took part in the first Battle of Charasiah and the battle of Karez Meer. Kitchener also saw action in the Chardeh Valley. He was promoted to...
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    Logar province the most common sight except for ruins are graves". Soviet operations included using bombing, the use of flammable liquids to burn alive people...
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    than 300 km (190 mi) long—and deep wells. An estimated 60,000 traditional Karez (کاریز) systems in the plateau regions of Iran in Yazd, Khorasan and Kerman—are...
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    of the city is connected to a distribution system served by the Qargha Karez. However, this traditional water supply system had fallen dry in 2002. Water...
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  • control of Sarkari Karez". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013. Major General David Fraser, Operation Medusa, McMillan...
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