Jowzjan Province
Jowzjan, sometimes spelled as Jawzjan or Jozjan (Persian: ولایت جوزجان, Pashto: جوزجان ولايت), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. The province is divided into 11 districts and contains hundreds of villages. It has a population of about 512,100, which is multi-ethnic and mostly agriculturers. Sheberghan is the capital of Jozjan province.
History
Between the early 16th century and mid-18th century, the area was ruled by the Khanate of Bukhara. It was conquered by Ahmad Shah Durrani and became part of the Durrani Empire in or about 1750, which formed to the modern state of Afghanistan. The area was untouched by the British during the three Anglo-Afghan wars that were fought in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Recent history
Following a series of changing allegiances and falling out with Uzbek warlord Abdul Malik Pahlawan in 1997, the Taliban withdrew from the area, but in 1998 a contingent of 8,000 Taliban troops pressed through neighboring Faryab, seizing Abdul Rashid Dostum's headquarters in Sheberghan.
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by: Kris DelmhorstLook at how the twilight?s fading, all the night birds serenading
And I?m helpless to that thin and hopeful tune, you know
The lightning bugs and the whiskey make tonight a little risky
I might stare at you and so I?ll keep my eyes a little low
I know there?s so much in the way
But I just want to stay right here anyway
Because in the night the church bell?s ringing
And now my foolish heart is singing
Though God knows I?ve told it time
And time again to be slow
I know it?s only juice + June that makes me sing this tune
And it?s all too soon
But if the night was never-ending
There?d be no more sense pretending
And perhaps there?d be no space between our hands at all