Haska Meyna ( ps, هسکه مېنه), also called Deh Bala District, is a
district
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in the south of
Nangarhar Province,
Afghanistan
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, bordering on
Pakistan
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. Its population, which is 100%
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 ...
, was estimated at 50,595 in 2002, of whom 20,200 were children under 12. The district centre is
Haska Meyna
Haska Meyna ( ps, هسکه مېنه), also called Deh Bala, is a town in Haska Meyna District in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Shinwari tribe of Pashtuns. ...
.
Haska Meyna is home to the
Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes. It was a stronghold of the
Mujaheddin
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...
during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
References
UNHCR District Profile dated 2002-05-21, accessed 2006-07-13 (PDF).
External links
Map of Haska Meyna (Dih Bala)(PDF)
Districts of Nangarhar Province
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