Chora چوره | |
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  Chora Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:32°50′50″N66°03′00″E / 32.84722°N 66.05000°E /32.84722; 66.05000 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Uruzgan |
| Capital | Chora |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,005 km2 (1,160 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 73,750 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
TheChora District is a district ofUruzgan Province,Afghanistan.[1] The district center is the town ofChora, with a population of about 3,000. It is a rural town with no industry beyond livestock, agriculture, and small merchants.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to officially open theTarinkot to Chora Road Oct. 4, 2011. TheDutch State Secretary,Ben Knapen, along with theUruzgan provincial governor, Mohammed Sherzad, held the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction of the road that will better connect the Chora district to the provincial capital city by cutting travel time between the two by more than half.[2]
During theWar in Afghanistan, theBattle of Chora took place in and around Chora during June 15–19, 2007. The fighting was betweenInternational Security Assistance Force and Afghan forces on one side andTaliban forces on the other, for the control of Chora, regarded by the Taliban as a tactical target because it provides ground access from unsecured Gizab district in the north to the provincial capital ofTarinkot. According to some press reports, the fighting was the largest Taliban offensive of 2007 in Afghanistan, and resulted in a Taliban defeat and the death of one American, two Dutch and 16 Afghan soldiers, as well as approximately 58 civilians and 71 Taliban fighters.[3]
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