Mihtarlam

Mihtarlam مهترلام Mehtar Lam
City
Clockwise from top: An alley in Mihtarlam; a highway checkpoint; Mihtarlam RTC
Mihtarlam Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°40′06″N 70°12′32″E / 34.66833°N 70.20889°E / 34.66833; 70.20889
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Laghman Province
District	Mihtarlam District
Named for	Lamech
Government
• Mayor	Maulvi Obaidullah Saqib
Elevation	779 m (2,556 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	144,162[1]
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Mihtarlam (Persian: مهترلام, Pashto: مهترلام), also spelled Mehtar Lam, is the sixteenth-largest city of Afghanistan. It is the capital of Laghman Province and center of Mihtarlam District. It is the only large urban settlement in the province. The town is situated in the valley formed by the Alishang and Alingar rivers, 47 km northwest of the city of Jalalabad. There is a paved road between the cities that takes approximately one hour to travel by car.

On 13 August 2021, Mihtarlam was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-third provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.