The Tiger of Panjshir
The Panjshir River flows through the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, 150km north of Kabul. It flows southward through the Hindu Kush and adjoins the Kabul River near Sarobi. At this junction, a dam was built in the 1950s to supply water from the Panjshir River to the Kabul River.
Here, where rivers Salang and Pandgsher become confluent, begins the famous Pandgsher valley - Ahmad Shah Masud's patrimony, whom during the civil war the government army tried to knock out from it dozens of times, but never succeeded. The heroic commander was also knows as "the Pandgsher's lion".
The word "tiger" is taken from the Greek word "tigris", which is possibly derived from a Persian source meaning "arrow", a reference to the animal's speed and also the origin for the name of the River Tigris. Although it came into English through the classical languages, panthera is probably of East Asian origin, meaning "the yellowish animal," or "whitish-yellow".
A group of tigers is rare, but when seen together is termed a 'streak' or an 'ambush'.
Here, where rivers Salang and Pandgsher become confluent, begins the famous Pandgsher valley - Ahmad Shah Masud's patrimony, whom during the civil war the government army tried to knock out from it dozens of times, but never succeeded. The heroic commander was also knows as "the Pandgsher's lion".
The word "tiger" is taken from the Greek word "tigris", which is possibly derived from a Persian source meaning "arrow", a reference to the animal's speed and also the origin for the name of the River Tigris. Although it came into English through the classical languages, panthera is probably of East Asian origin, meaning "the yellowish animal," or "whitish-yellow".
A group of tigers is rare, but when seen together is termed a 'streak' or an 'ambush'.
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