Khas Kunar or Sarkani(sarkano) District ( ps, خاص کونړ ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی خاص کنر) is the largest district in the
Kunar Province
Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- Ha ...
,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. It is situated in the southern part of the province and borders
Nangarhar Province to the south and
Pakistan
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to the east. The
Kunar River
The Kūnaṛ River ( ps, د کونړ سيند), also known in its upper reaches as the Mastuj ( ps, مستوج سين), Chitral ( khw, کونڑ سين; ur, دریائے کونڑ), or Kama River ( khw, کامې سين), is about long, located ...
passes north through the district and irrigates the surrounding land. The population was estimated to be 31,000 in 2006. The district center,
Khas Kunar village is located at at 749 m altitude. Most of the houses were destroyed during the wars and droughts also have seriously affected the lands all around the Kunar River. The most influential person from this district was
Kabir Stori
Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 – 4 April 2006) ( ps, کبیر ستوری) was a Pashtun nationalist, poet, and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he found ...
, who was a
Pashtun nationalist.
Villages of Khas Kunar
# تنر Tannar
# ارازۍ Araz
#بره ارازۍ Bara Arazi
# حکیم اباد hakim abad (koligram کولیګرام)
# خیبر خوړ Khyber khowar
# Chara gai
#. کیمپCamp
#.میاګانو کلیMiagano Kelai
# زرګرانZargaran
# لوټانLottan
# شالۍShalai
# منګوالmangwal
# چنچChanch
# بیلام bilam
#کوټکی kotki( kotkai)
#چیماریchemyari
#زوړ کونړ Zor kunar
#خاص کونړ khas kunar
#کنډرو غاړه kadro kaly
#بانډه bandaei
#ملکانو بانډه malkano banda
#طلایی بانډې telay banda
#سری saray
#بر سری bar saray
#شیخانو بانډه shikhano banda
#صحابزاده ګانو کلی sahib zad gano kaly
#ډاک کلی dag kaly
#لوی کلی loy kaly
#اهینګرانو کلی ahingrano kaly
#باراباد barabad
#شامکار Shankar
#ولۍ wolaei
External links
UNHCR District ProfileDistrict Map of Khas Kunar
Districts of Kunar Province
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