Kot (; primarily
Pashto
Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...
-speaking) is a
district
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in the northern
Nangarhar Province
Nangarhār (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Nangrahar or Ningrahar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country and Border, bordering Logar Province, Logar, Kabul Province, Kabul, Laghman Province, Laghm ...
of
Afghanistan
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.
From 2015 into the first half of 2016,
ISIS
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's presence in the district mounted to clashes against the Afghan forces. Afghan troops launched an offensive in July 2016 against the group which led to their being pushed out of the district and training camps being destroyed by Afghan forces.
MAIN TRIBE IS MOMAND
BUT THIS TRIBE SECOND
NAME IS MARAMKHEL!
References
Districts of Nangarhar Province
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