Bati Kot is a

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in the east of Nangarhar Province,

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. Its population, which is 100%

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, was estimated at 300,000 in 2017, of whom 25,500 were children under 12. The district is within the heartland of the

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tribe of Pashtuns. The district centre is

Nader Shah Kot Nader is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin ( ''Nādir'', meaning "rare", "unique") and may refer to: Persons Given name * Nader Shah, former Shah of Iran (Persia) * Nader Ahmadi (born 1986), Iranian football player * Nader ...

.UNHCR District Profile
dated 2002-12-05, accessed 2006-07-06 (PDF)] Batikot has the following villages: Garbawa, Lowartay, Sepay, Chardi, Khanano Kali(gary), Takya, Barekab, Meshwane, Ghazeabad, Gundyane, Kody, and Ambarkhana. Since the 2nd presidential term of Hamid Karzia, about 70% area of Bati Kot is covered by

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...

. The main centre of Taliban is in Salour Kali (چهاردهي). The popular areas in the district are; د دريم مالټې، اصحاب بابا زیارت ، سید اخند موسی زیارت ، تکیه غونډۍ ، پیرکامل زیارت

Notable residents

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was born in the district. Salor Kalai (څلور کلی) Or Chardahi is one of the villages of Bati Kot district, where a very famous person lives whose name is Amadzai Ustad, Amadzai Ustad is repairing broken bones of the human body, many people come from near and from some very far places to him to repair bones from all around Afghanistan. The popular people of the district are: Malik Qaqif, Mohammad Tahir Darwish, Malik Habibullah, Haji Aziz Ur Rahman (Former member of parliament),Mohammad Darwish (Former District Governor) Dr. Sediq Momand, Dr Haji Sheraz Khan, Haji Mandali, Dil Aram, Haji Muhibullah, Haji Farooq, Malik Zahir, Haji Atiqullah, Malik Shah Mahmood, Malik Nawaz Khan, Malik Naseem, Qumandan Sharif

References

External links

Map of Bati Kot
(PDF) Districts of Nangarhar Province {{Nangarhar-geo-stub