Baraki Rajan Of Logar

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Baraki Rajan ( Persian : برکی راجان ) is a large village and town within the Baraki Barak District in Logar Province, Afghanistan. The town has a thriving Bazar with over 1200 shops and businesses. Next to the town lies the 52 bed well equipped Qala-e Malik Hospital. It lies 5 km south of the Baraki Barak town, the district center of Baraki Barak district. The population of mainly Tajiks and Pashtuns is estimated at 15000 people^[1].

Geographical coordinates is as follows. Geographical coordinates in degrees minutes seconds (WGS84) Latitude : 33 56' 29 Longitude : 68 55' 29^[2]

[edit]History

Baraki Rajan has experienced some fo the heaviest clashes between the soviet forces and the afghan mujahideen throughout afghan jihad. Baraki Rajan based mujahideen would successfully launch attack on soviet convoys on Kabul-Gardez and Kabul-Kandahar ( 15 km from the area) highiways which would inferiorate soviet commanders and resulted in massive bombardment and wide-scale crackdown in the area. Throughout the Afghan Jihad the area remained an active battle ground between the mujahideen and the soviet forces and their communist allies of PDPA government.

According to a report by sweddish committee in July 1982, in a massive operation by the soviet forces in Baraki Rajan widespread crimes were committed. in three day long operation hundreds of villages bombed, shops burnt and hundreds of people including 208 resistance fighters and 25 children were killed ^[3] Massive use of helicopters and MIG fighter planes were witnessed during the massacares nailed on the village. Government Rule was never restored or established, not only in Baraki Rajan but the entire Baraki Barak District.

Various Mujahideen groups were active in the area with Jamiat-e Islami being the most prominent and invluential in the district

its people mainly depends on Agritculture. As Wheat, Corns, and other vegetables also some types of fruits. its people use different types of watering methods to its field. Such as Deep wells which is known there as "Chaahe Ameeq" and Canals known there as "Karez". the people of Baraki Rajan also depends on cattles such as sheep, cows, goats. they use special types of hand made oven to bake breads known as "Tandor" and the bread is known as "Chapaati".

[edit]Current Security Situation

Baraki Rajan sits on a faultline between ethnic Tajiks and Pashtuns. There are also political factions active in the area, notably Jamiat-e-Islami and Hizb-e-Islami, with histories of mutual antagonism dating back to the Afghan civil war of the early 1990s. Local criminal gangs have also used the instability to align themselves with the Taleban. As government power in Baraki Rejan failed last year, Taleban-allied men from the Pashtun village of Shah Mazar began preying on the area. “They walked around with weapons robbing the people,” said one, who blamed Shah Mazar gunmen for the attack on the observation post. “People were happy when foreign forces stopped the crime, but now the problem is the American night raids. (Times Online)” ^[1].

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