Ab Band Aab-i-Band Aab-e-Band Abband District Chief Ghazni Province:
Allahdad Halimi Allah Dad Haleemi (20080803, 20100607)
Abdul Matin Shinkiwal, who was recently injured in a mine explosion, passed away (20121007)
Allah Mohammad (20121116)

District Police Chief:
Col Noor Alam shot dead killed 20110910.

Aab-i-Band deputy police chief, Mohammad Ibad, killed (20120709)

Background:
Its population is almost entirely Pashtun. Ab Band is on the main road from Kabul to Kandahar. much of Ab Band villages are now under Taliban control (20110910) only the district headquarter is under government control, ab band has no construction projects, its local people regularly go to Pakistan and Iran for work.