On 18 March 2014, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the entrance to a busy market in Maymana, killing 15 people including women and children and injuring 27 others.

The highlands of the Maymana region generally possess a very rich topsoil which supports the seasonal agricultural activities.

[citation needed] Between 800 B.C and 700 A.D it was part of Median and Persian Empire, as well of Kushanian and Hephtalite, before being subjugated by Arabs during the Islamic Conquest who used local Iranian vassals to rule the region.

In the 7th and 8th century it was the residence of the Malik of Guzganan, last Kushanian remnants, which was then under the control of the Farighunid, a native dynasty.

It took long for the region, nearly 200 years, to recover from the damage the nomadic and invading Turko-Mongol foreigners from northern Central Asia had caused.

The area's population remained thin and the commercial trade was very weak but enough for the survivors to develop new agricultural and rebuild old structures.

However, Shaibani was defeated by the Iranian Saffavids but the Uzbek elements remained dominant from then up to day in the region until in the 18th and 19th centuries.

During that time the city became the center of the Maimana Khanate[7] and an important centre for commerce, as well as being the gateway to Turkistan from Herat and Iran.

Under the Uzbek rule, the city experienced a sudden renaissance, starting from the conquest of the area by Muhammad Shaibani and lasting all the way down to the Pashtun subjugation of the region.

As result, only ten percent of the population remained alive while a large part either died or left the city for other regions after the horrific slaughter.

[8] The town serves an agricultural area irrigated from the Qeysar River and also handles the trade in Karakul sheep with nomads.