Tsamkani ( ps, څمکني ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی چمکنی), also Chamkani or Samkani, is a district in

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.Samkani District Development Plan - MRRD
The main town is

Tsamkani Tsamkani ( ps, څمکني), also spelled Chamkani or Samkani, is the main town of Tsamkani District in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.

. The district is home to the Chamkani tribe of

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 r ...

History

On 16 May 2020, 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 ...

abducted 12 civilians in Tsamkani District, charging them for "collaborating with the government".

Demographics & population

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 58,560 (CSO 2004). According to the same sources,

make up 100% of the total population.

References

Districts of Paktia Province {{Paktia-geo-stub