Barmal District (, ) is a district of

Paktika Province Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but sma ...

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. It shares a border with

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and

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. The Angur Ada is the official

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and

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between the people of Paktika and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government office of Barmal District is located in Newai Ada.

History

Barmal was one of the districts most affected by the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, which killed at least 500 persons and injured a thousand others in the district. Many houses constructed primarily of mud and wood were razed to the ground. Heavy rain and the earthquake contributed to landslides that destroyed entire

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Construction of new earthquake-resistant houses

In August 2022, new " earthquake-resistant houses" began to be constructed in the district for victims of the earthquake. The project involves the establishment of 2,000 homes in both Gayan and Barmal districts of Paktika Province, including 300 houses in Spera District of neighboring

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Geography

Major towns of Barmal District are: # Newai Ada # Margha Ada # Laman Ada # Gajikhel Ada # Zargar Ada # Titoon Shaga

Demographics

The population of the district in 2004 was 88,028 people.Paktika provincial profile
June 2004, profile compiled by the National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) Majority of them are ethnic

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghan (ethnon ...

, mainly from the Wazir and

Kharoti The Kharoti (Pashto:خروٹی) خروټی) are a Pashtun tribe of Ghilji origin, originating in the central part of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, but can be also found in other parts of the country. The Kharoti settled in Kharotabad in Quett ...

tribes.

References

The 1919 War of Independence (or third Anglo-Afghan War): a conflict the Afghans started (and ended)
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