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Musa Qala is a district in the north of Helmand Province, Afghanistan.〔(UNHCR District Profile ), dated 2002-12-31, accessed 2006-08-01 (PDF).〕 Its population was around 50,300 in 2005 and are 97% ethnic Pashtun. The district centre is the village of Musa Qala; there are 19 other large villages and 200 smaller settlements, mostly along the Musa Qala River. The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.〔((pdf) The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: A.I.D. Evaluation Special Study No. 18 ) C Clapp-Wicek & E Baldwin, U.S. Agency for International Development, published December 1983〕 NATO-led International Security Assistance Force extended its presence to this region in mid-2006. Musa Qala, along with the rest of Helmand, was to be under the responsibility of British forces. The village of Musa Qala was the scene of fierce fighting between British Pathfinder Platoon troops and Taliban insurgents during the summer of 2006. The British had set up a stronghold in the local governor's office and faced daily waves of determined attacks. The British garrison was later relieved by a Danish infantry team who faced renewed insurgent attacks, culminating in better-trained militant fighters equipped with rockets and mortars. After a month of these attacks, the fighting died down, and the Danish forces handed control of the base back to British forces. On 17 October 2006, after a 35-day lull in violence, the British left the village, handing over control to the local elders' council. On August 26, 2015, Taliban fighters seized control of district headquarters from Afghan forces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34062664 )〕 ==2007 fighting between ISAF and Taliban insurgents== A unit of several hundred Taliban soldiers occupied Musa Qala on February 2, 2007. ''Eurasianet'' reports: ''"The attack laid waste to an agreement there, brokered last fall by Richards and local tribal elders, under which NATO troops agreed to withdraw from the town in return for a commitment by local Afghan leaders to oppose the Taliban." British General David J. Richards, an expert at negotiation, was the outgoing NATO commander. Eurasianet reports that the new NATO commander, U.S. General Dan McNeill, opposes the kind of local agreements that Richards favored, and speculated that the aerial bombardment that was reported to have killed Mullah Abdul Ghafour in February 2007 was a sign of McNeill's more aggressive, less conciliatory approach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Musa Qala District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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