Qatgani

The Qatgani[1]:197 or Qataghani is a horse breed from the former Qataghan province of Afghanistan. It is one of twelve Afghan horse breeds reported to the DAD-IS database of livestock breeds.[2]

Qatgani
Other namesQataghani
Country of originAfghanistan

The Uzbek mounted raiders of the warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, who in early 2001 harried the Taliban forces in the Darya Suf valley of north-east Afghanistan, rode Qatgani horses.[3]

References
  1. Valerie Porter (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties (5th edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
  2. Breeds reported by Afghanistan: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2015.
  3. Brian Glyn Williams (2013). The Last Warlord: the Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613748008. (unpaginated)


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