page_title: Laghman Province
section_title: Recent history
hierarchical_section_title: Laghman Province / History / Recent history
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, walks with Iqbal Azizi, governor of Laghman province, Afghanistan, to the governor’s residence for lunch, Feb. 7, 2010. Petraeus visited with the governor to discuss development within the province. U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Chase P. McFarland
context_page_description: Laghman is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. The city of Mihtarlam serves as the capital of the province. In some historical texts the name is written as "Lamghan" or as "Lamghanat".
context_section_description: During the Soviet-Afghan war and the battles that followed between the rivaling warlords, many homes and business establishments in the province were destroyed. In addition, the Soviets are said to have employed a strategy that targeted and destroyed the agricultural infrastructure of Laghman.
  As of 2007, an International Security Assistance Force Provincial Reconstruction Team led by the United States is based at Mihtarlam.
caption: U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus walking with Governor Iqbal Azizi in 2011.
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