Herat Province

Herat (Persie/Pashto: هرات) is ane o the 34 provinces o Afghanistan; thegither wi Badghis, Farah, an Ghor provinces, it maks up the sooth-wastren region o the kintra. Its primary ceety an admeenistrative caipital is an aw namit Herat.

The region o Herat wis historically pairt o Greater Khorasan an wis controlled bi the Tahirids follaed bi the Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Ilkhanates, Timurids, an Saffavids till the early-18t century when it became pairt o the Afghan Hotaki dynasty follaed bi the Durrani Empire.

• Tribal Map of Herat on nps.edu
• Radio Free Afghanistan (Radio Azadi) report on the incidents^{[deid airtin]}
• HeratNet latest news from Herat Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine