Gardez, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Gardez, Afghanistan shares 57 connections with 3064 other places across 11 topics, shaped most heavily by military conflict, government, and history. Its connections with the United States and Pakistan dominate the co-place network, reflecting the city's role in post-2001 warfare: Gardez was home to the Afghan Army's 3rd Corps, and January 2002 saw the first American combat death of the Afghanistan war occur there. The city's deeper history reaches back to Kharijite religious movements and 8th-century Islamic conversion under the Lawik rulers.