Safety Score: 5,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning it is not safe to travel Afghanistan.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Afghanistan. Last Update: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Touring Marjah
Marjah in Helmand is a town located in Afghanistan about 359 mi (or 578 km) south-west of Kabul, the country's capital place.
Time in Marjah is now 04:05 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kabul with an UTC offset of 4.5 hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Marjah. The closest airport in Afghanistan is Bost Airport in a distance of 15 mi (or 24 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Hukumat-e Nad `Ali, Lashkar Gah, Gereshk, Washer and Sangin. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 31% |
Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 2% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
22°C (72 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
21°C (69 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
19°C (67 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Marja, Afghanistan
Marja (also spelled Marjah or Marjeh) is an unincorporated agricultural district in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, southwest of Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital. The name Marja is also applied to a small location within the district where a number of farmers' markets, shops and a mosque are located. The population of the Marja district is 80,000 - 125,000 spread across 80 - 125 square miles, an area larger than Cleveland or Washington D.C..
Operation Moshtarak
Operation Moshtarak (Dari for Together or Joint) was an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pacification offensive in the town of Marja, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It involved 15,000 American, Afghan, and British troops and constituted the largest joint operation of the War in Afghanistan up to that point and aimed to remove the Taliban from Marja and eliminate the last Taliban stronghold in central Helmand Province.
September 2012 Camp Bastion raid
The September 2012 Camp Bastion raid was a Taliban raid that killed two United States Marine Corps (USMC) service personnel and destroyed or severely damaged eight USMC McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province on the night of 14 September 2012.