Faizabad, city, Afghanistan

Faizabad or Feyzabad (both : fī`zəbăd, fīzäbäd`), city (1992 est. pop. 9,098), capital of Badakhshan prov., NE Afghanistan, on the Kokcha River. The chief commercial and administrative center of NE Afghanistan and the Pamir region, Faizabad also has rice and flour mills. Most of its people are Tajiks. In winter the city is sometimes isolated by deep snow. In 1979 it was a focus of Afghan guerrillas attempting to repel the Soviet invasion. Faizabad was taken by Soviet forces in 1980 and became a major Soviet garrison town.

Faizabad, town, India

Faizabad or Fyzabad (both: fī`zəbăd), town (1991 pop. 176,922), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ghaghara River. It is a joint municipality with Ayodhya Ayodhya or Ajodhya , former town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Ghaghara River. It is a joint municipality with Faizabad. Ayodhya was the capital of the kingdom of Kosala (7th cent. B.C.).
..... Click the link for more information. . A district administrative center and market town, Faizabad trades in local produce and has sugar refineries. A government college is in the city and a military cantonment on the outskirts. Faizabad was the capital (1724–75) of the kingdom of Oudh Oudh , historic region of N central India, now part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its early history centers around the ancient kingdom of Kosala, which had Ayodhya (formerly Oudh) as its capital. The region passed under Gupta rule in the 4th cent. A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. (1724–1856). The mausoleum (c.1816) of a royal consort is in the city.

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ISLAMABAD, November 17, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The unhygienic conditions of various restaurants in Faizabad and presence of garbage heaps every where in the area were posing health hazard to people as well as natural beauty of the area, people said.

Unhygienic conditions in Faizabad irk citizens by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)

Byline: ANI Faizabad/Muzaffarnagar, Nov 11 (ANI): Unhappy with the Central government's stipulated pricing of sugarcane, farmers of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh staged a protest on Tuesday.

Farmers protest in Uttar Pradesh against fall in sugarcane prices by Asian News International

On the hand, Islamabad Capital Territory Police launched search operation in Faizabad, Mehrabad, Sabzi Mandi and other areas and apprehended 50 suspected people.

110 rounded up in twin cities search operation by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)