Sabari & Yaqubi District is situated in the northwest part of
Khost Province
Khost (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the southeastern part of the country. Khost consists of thirteen districts and the city of Khost serves as the capital of the province. Historically, Khost used to be a par ...
,
Afghanistan
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. It borders
Musa Khel District to the west,
Paktia Province
Paktia (Pashto – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,00 ...
to the north,
Bak District
Bäk District (, ) is in the northern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Tere Zayi District to the south, Sabari District to the west, Zazi Maydan District to the north, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan to the east. According t ...
to the east and
Tere Zayi and
Khost
Khōst () is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram Agency, Kurram i ...
districts to the south. Sabari & Yaqubi District has its own governor, who is appointed by the serving
governor of Khost Province, and the
Afghan National Security Forces
The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), also known as the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), were the military and internal security forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
As of 30 June 2020, the ANSF was composed of ...
(ANSF) are responsible for all law enforcement activities.
According to Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), the 2020 estimated population of the district was 80,114 people.
The district center is the town of
Yaqubi, located in the most eastern part of the district.
History
On
19 May 2020, gunmen killed three brothers and injured a child in Sabari District when they were returning to their home from a nearby mosque after offering the
evening prayer and breaking their
Ramadan
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fast. The
Taliban
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denied their role in the attack.
Security and politics
It was reported on 20 November 2009 that in
Zambar in Sabari & Yaqubi district a compound was searched by
ISAF
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. It was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 according to the Bonn Agreement, which outlined t ...
forces and several AK-47s recovered. Several suspected
insurgents
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were detained. The search came as ISAF forces attempted to find a reputed
Haqqani commander believed to be in the area.
["IJC Operational Update, Nov. 20: ISAF condemns IED attack; Joint Forces Kill, Detain Suspected Militants in three provinces; ISAF Casualties" Kabul. 20 November 2009 Accessed at: http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/pressreleases/2009/11/pr091120-xxa.html]
See also
*
Districts of Afghanistan
The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' (, ''wuləswāləi''; , ''wuləswālī''; ''ulasvolik''), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below Provinces of Afghanistan, provinces. The Afghan government issued its fir ...
References
External links
AIMS District Map
Districts of Khost Province
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