May 18, 2013
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Logar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The word of Logar is a combination of two Pashto words: Loy and Ghar. The population is mostly Pashtuns and Tajiks. It is located in the eastern zone, southeast of Kabul, and the geography of the province centers on the large Logar River which enters the province through the west and leaves to the north. Its capital is Pul-i-Alam.
(via Freebase)
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![Karzai condemns NATO's killing of four children in eastern Afghanistan [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-12794000/12794374/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8d6ffeee957be2331b1560b5ea8664c7)
![Two US-led soldiers killed in helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9899000/9899064/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=ae82a7def1f01cdd6563ade30b8147ac)
![NATO air strike kills five civilians in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6567000/6567205/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=9a030ac953f0c2db15c3ee02dc8bb775)
![NATO apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5476000/5476248/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=de13345b47229cef577c000901eb7806)
![Afghan President Karzai condemns NATO air strike as Panetta arrives in Kabul [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5331000/5331596/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=35be25a613a8aa00a9df989556dc9b02)
![NATO air strike kills 18 civilians in Afghanistan [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5281000/5281084/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8faccb46a7e1e83b2d82e054fbbfcdfc "Afghan men search for the bodies of people killed in a NATO air strike in Logar province June 6, 2012: REUTERS/Stringer")
![Afghanistan's Karzai slams NATO over Taliban attack [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-3208000/3208490/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8002679d3464bbcbeacdfdfa7ac39e9b)
![Five Afghans killed, dozens injured in clashes over 'Quran burning' [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-1033000/1033045/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=9a5315fcbc792d0814df550a2d54d13a)
![Twin bombings kill scores of Afghans on Shiite holy day [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-313000/313295/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=ac9b31b0e81b7217446f7dd9c7d4b88e "An Afghan woman mourns after a suicide attack at a Shiite Muslim gathering in Kabul December 6, 2011: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani")