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  1. A garrison town in Konar province, E
  2. Afghanistan, near the Pakistan frontier.
  3. Besieged by Mujaheddin rebels in 1985, the
  4. relief of Barikot by Soviet and Afghan troops
  5. was one of the largest military engagements
  6. of the Afghan war during Soviet occupation.
  7.