Bakwa District Center Bazaar, Farah Province, Afghanistan 002

Bakwa is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is majority Pashtun with a

Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik cu ...

minority, was estimated at 79,529 in November 2004. The district center is

Sultani Bakwa The sultani () was an Ottoman gold coin. It was first minted in 1477–8 during the reign of Mehmed II (r. 1451–1481), following the Venetian ducat The ducat () coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages from the ...

. It is situated at an altitude of 726 m.

War in Afghanistan

According to the Afghan government, airstrikes in 2019 against the Taliban in the district destroyed 68 drug labs and killed 150 insurgents. Governor Abdul Ghafoor Mujahid claimed 45 civilians were killed in the strikes, which Defense spokesman Qais Mangal denied. In 2021, the Taliban captured the district as part of the

2021 Taliban offensive A military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and other allied militants led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan based in Kabul and marked the end of the nearly 20-year-old War in Afghanistan, that had begun following the ...

Gallery

Route_515_in_Bakwa,_Afghanistan.jpg, Route 515 in Bakwa

References

UNHCR District Profile
compiled September–November 2004, accessed 2006-06-06 (PDF).

External links

Map of Settlements
AIMS, May 2002 Districts of Farah Province {{Farah-geo-stub