Hisa-e-Awali Behsud ( prs, حصه اول بهسود) is a district of
Maidan Wardak Province
Maidan Wardak ( Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Wardag or Wardak, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,00 The capit ...
,
Afghanistan
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. The district has a
Hazara majority resident population, but the district is also used as grazing ground by nomadic
Pashtun
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Kuchis
Kochis or Kuchis (Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. In the southern, western and northern regions of Afghanistan they are also referred to at times as maldar (Pashto: مالدار maldar ...
. The
Hajigak Mine 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
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...
. Several villages have been burned and thousands have had to flee the area.
See also
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Markazi Bihsud District
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Behsud, Maidan Wardak
Behsūd ( prs, بهسود) is a town in Maidan Wardak Province, central Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Markazi Bihsud District.
The town of Behsud has a population of 4,619.
In the Maidan Wardak province, there are two neighbor ...
Sources
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Hazarajat
Districts of Maidan Wardak Province
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