Charkh District () is situated in the southern part of

Logar Province Logar (Pashto/Dari: لوگر) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is divided into 7 districts and contains hundreds of villages. Puli Alam is the capital of the province. As of 2021, Logar ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

Kharwar District Kharwar District () is a district of Logar Province, Afghanistan. It was created from Charkh District. The district is named after the village of Kharwar (Khawrakay), which is about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of Kabul and about 40 kilometers ...

was created from the former big Charkh District. The distance from Kabul to Charck is about 89 km. The population is 49,354 (2019). The main languages spoken are Dari and Pashto. The district center is the village of Charkh, located on at 2108 m altitude in a river valley. The district is mountainous and the winters here are severe and some villages are isolated for long periods. Its main villages are Garmaba (Bandoka بندوکه is part of Garmaba), Pengram, Nawshahr, Qalai Naw, Sayda, Dasht, Kajdara, and Paspajack. The tomb of Shah Muainuddin, Khwaja Ali, Shah Khwelwati, Mawlana Yaqoub Charkhi, Shaikh Omar, Khwaja Ismail, and Khwaja Betos are located in this district. Almost the entire population in Sunni Muslim. Shaikh Mawlana Yaqoub Charkhi, a well-known scholar, was from Charkh district. The popular high school in Charkh district is the Mawlana Yaqoub Charkhi High School located next to the district governor's office.

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The AIMS District Map of the district before its division
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