Hisa-e-Awali Behsud () is a district of
Maidan Wardak Province
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Afghanistan
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. The district has a
Hazara
Hazara may refer to:
Places and ethnic groups
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** Hazarajat, or Hazaristan, a historic region of Afghanistan
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majority resident population, but the district is also used as grazing ground by nomadic
Pashtun
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Kuchis
Kochis also spelt as Kuchis (Pashto Language, Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. It is a social rather than ethnic grouping, although they have some of the characteristics of a distinct et ...
. The
Hajigak Mine
Hajigak Mine is the best known and largest iron oxide deposit in Afghanistan, located near the Hajigak Pass, with its area divided between Maidan Wardak Province, Maidan Wardak and Bamyan Province, Bamyan provinces. It has the biggest untapped ir ...
is located in the district.
Since 2007 there has been a flare-up in
ethnic violence
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in the district, emanating from a dispute between
Hazaras and Kuchis over the ownership of vast tracts of land, with the Hazara claiming Kuchi
militia
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s are being armed by the
Taliban
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. Several villages have been burned and thousands have had to flee the area.
See also
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Markazi Bihsud District
Markazi Behsud District () is one of the districts of Maidan Wardak Province in Afghanistan. It is located less than an hour-drive west of Kabul and south Bamyan. The main town in the district is Behsud. The district has an estimated population ...
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Behsud, Maidan Wardak
Behsūd () is a town in Maidan Wardak province in central Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Markazi Behsud District.
The town of Behsud has a population about 4,619.
Geography and climate
Behsud is located about above sea level. ...
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Kuchi–Hazara conflict
Kuchi–Hazara conflict, also called the Kuchi–Hazara dispute, is the series of conflicts between Kuchis and Hazaras over the lands in Hazarajat, the central highlands of Afghanistan, since the early 18th century. After the establishment of new ...
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Districts of Maidan Wardak Province
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