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Shindand ((パシュトー語:شين ډنډ)) is a town and the center of the Shindand District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 1066 m altitude. The Shindand Air Base is located about 15 miles northeast of the town. Shindand is at the northern end of Zirko Valley, which is one of main centers of poppy production in western Afghanistan. The town is located south of Adriskan, where a large police training facility exists. The population is mixed, includes Pashtuns, Tajiks and others. Though Pashtuns make up the majority. The main languages spoken in the area are Dari and Pashto. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) the 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division was headquartered in the town. Shindand is the biggest district in Afghanistan. == Etymology == The name ''Shindand'' means "green pond" in Pashto.〔L.W. Adamec, ''Historical And Political Gazetteer Of Afghanistan'', Vol. 3, ''Herat and Northwestern Afghanistan'', Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1972, ISBN 978-3201009423, p. 343〕
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