Kohistan, also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston ( fa, کوہستان 'mountainous land'), is the northern district of Kapisa province,

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. In productive agricultural seasons the area has an abundance of sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates. Yearly thousands of visitors spend their weekends in its picnic place of Sayaad along the Panjshir river that flows into Sourubi lake. The population was 100,200 (2006), mainly Persian-speaking

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Geography

The district is on the border of

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and Panjshir provinces.

History

The Kohistani Tajiks proved to be the most powerful and best organized groups that fought against the British occupation of

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in 1879 to 1880 in the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

. During the war against

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, Kohistan was one of the strongholds and headquarters for the Mujaheddin and later on it was one of the last remaining areas that was not in control of the Taliban. The district was the front line against the Taliban, the people in district fought very hard and bravely to counter the attacks of the Taliban many times; and in one particular case the people of the district were forced to evacuate their homes and villages completely because of a Taliban attack. In 2005 the district was dissolved and was split into two new districts: * Hesa Awal Kohistan District * Hesa Duwum Kohistan District

References

District map of the former Kohestan District
now split into Hesa Awal Kohistan District and Hesa Duwum Kohistan District
District Profile

External links

Kohistani.Com - District Photo GalleryKohistan Discussion ForumKohistan Chat RoomKohistan Web Site
{{Authority control Districts of Kapisa Province Former districts of Afghanistan