Murghab, Afghanistan
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Bala Murghab Bala Murghab, Murghab District, Badghis Province |
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 Bala Murghab
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| Coordinates: 35°34′49″N 63°19′40″E / 35.58028°N 63.32778°ECoordinates: 35°34′49″N 63°19′40″E / 35.58028°N 63.32778°E | |
| Country |
 Afghanistan
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| Province | Badghis Province |
| District | Murghab District |
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| • Type | Tribal |
| • Chief | Muhammad Lewal |
| Elevation | 1,555 ft (474 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Murghab, also called Bala Murghab, is a village in Badghis Province in north-western Afghanistan. It is the district center for the Murghab District, and home of Forward Operating Base Todd. Nearby lie the ruins of the medieval town of Marw al-Rudh.
With a warm and temperate climate, Murghab features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Murghab is 16.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 326 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 28.6 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 3.6 °C.
One of the most controversial political figures in the province, Amir Shah Naibzada, is the commander of the Afghan Border Police Kandak responsible for northern Herat and Badghis. He is allegedly involved in narcotics trafficking. Many eyewitnesses have observed that he used police vehicles for narcotics and drug trafficking. Amir Shah controls Tajik militias in Qades and has close relatives spread across the provincial government and in particular the security forces. His brother is the police chief of Moqur District. Another brother, Wali Shah Naibzada is a senator, and an uncle is the chief of the Criminal Information Department (CID) police unit, with another uncle heading the Ministry of Finance.
There are accounts of Naibzada committing atrocities in Pashtun communities throughout Badghis including the rape and murder of 20-40 Pashtun women in Akazai in 2002 when he was police chief. Amir Shah is the commander of the Bala Murghab mafia. He is half-Pashtun on his mother’s side. Recently, he sponsored a benefit for the father of Mohammad Amin, the former district governor, connecting himself with the Pashtuns in Murghab District.
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