Kajaki

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Kajaki a village in southern Afghanistan. It is the district centre of Kajaki District in Helmand Province. Near the village is an important hydro power station for electricity and irrigation projects, the Kajakai Dam.

It was announced in December 2006 that British Corporal Mark Wright would be posthumously awarded the George Cross for his actions after entering an unmarked minefield near Kajaki, in an attempt to save the lives of other injured soldiers.