Janikhel ( ps, جاني‌خېل ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی جانی‌خیل) is a district in

Paktika Province Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana ...

, in eastern

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. It was created in 2004 out of a part of

Khairkot District Khairkot District ( ps, خیرکوټ ولسوالۍ), also known as Katawaz or Zarghun Shar District ( ps, زرغونښار ولسوالۍ, prs, ولسوالی زرغونشهر), is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The district is with ...

. Like in the rest of Afghanistan, no exact population numbers are available. The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimated the population of the district to be around 36,237 (CSO 2019). According to the same sources,

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

make up 100% of the total population.

References

Districts of Paktika Province {{Paktika-geo-stub