Puli Hisar or Pul-e-Hesar is a district in

Baghlan Province Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other majo ...

, Afghanistan.

History

It was created in 2005 from part of

Andarab District Andarab ( fa, اندراب) is district located in the southern part of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population of Andarab in 2004 was roughly 120,642. In 2002, it was estimated that Tajiks 100% of the district's population but re ...

. The district was captured by the

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in the 2021 offensive in which they seized control of Afghanistan. However, in August 2021, the district was one of three districts in Baghlan province that were occupied by anti-Taliban fighters (remnants of the

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and civilian resistance fighters), marking the first wave of armed resistance to the Taliban since they seized control over the country. The other areas in which the Taliban were ousted were Dih Salah and Bano. On 23 August 2021, the Taliban once again captured all three districts that fell to the resistance forces a week ago, including Puli Hisar District. However, CNN reported on 31 August 2021 that resistance fighters had once again entered Puli Hisar.

Geography

Puli Hisar District is bordered on the north by the districts of Dih Salah and Khost Wa Fereng, on the east by

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, on the south by Panjshir and

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provinces, and on the west by

. There are no towns in the district, nor any large-sized villages. Settlements include the small villages of Darae Su (Darah-ye Shū),

Ahangaran Ahangaran is the name given to a number of locations around the world. For example, the name can be found in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan and Toshkent Province, Uzbekistan. Ahangaran, Tashkent province Akhangaran is located in Tashkent provinc ...

, and Sar Ab. The area is mountaineous, lying within the

Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Provinc ...

. Among its many mountains are Mount Larbach (Kōh-e Lārbāch) at , Mount Sare Surkhi (Kōh-e Sar-e Surkhī) at about , and on its southeastern border, Mount Shahak (Kuh-e Kokzaro Zaghicha) at The main stream in the district is the Darwāza (Darah-ye Darwāzah), and most of the villages lie along its banks, or those of its tributaries.

Climate

Economy

Puli Hisar is one of Baghlan's main

opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum'', commonly known as the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamen ...

cultivating districts.

References

Districts of Baghlan Province {{Baghlan-geo-stub