"Zhari and Panjwai Districts" Velayat-e Kandahar Warnings Or Dangers Tip by canuckmike

The Zhari and Panjwai districts are both at the time of writing this tip very dangerous areas of the province. They are both about 20 kilometres west of Kandahar city. NATO troops have been fighting many battles in this area with heavy casualties on both sides but a lot more so on the insurgents side. If you are travelling west on the countries ring road of Highway 1, you will be in this area it goes through Zhari district and I believe it borders Panjwai district. In fact one area of this highway in the region there are a lot of ambushes on NATO troops. There is also a lot of marijuana grown in this area.