Khost wa Fereng or Khost wa Firing is the easternmost district of
Baghlan province,
Afghanistan
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in 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 Province ...
mountains. Its capital is
Khost wa Fereng. The population of the district was estimated to be around 60,300 in 2011–2012,
of which ethnic
Tajiks
Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Taj ...
made up 90% and
Hazaras
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10% of the total population. The district was part of
Takhar Province
Takhar (Dari , Farsi/Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the w ...
until 1970.
District profile:
* Health: 1 clinic
* Income: farming (50%), animal husbandry (20%), gardening (20%), shopkeepers (4%)
* Schools: 10 home based, 14 primary, 3 high schools
Most of the people of Khost wa Firing speak
Dari Persian
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.
All people of Khost wa Firing are Sunni Hanafi. Afghan Encyclopedia added: that Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedul originally belongs to this district, upon certain issues he left to India and became the royal poet of
Awrangzib king of subcontenant, due to that two daughter of Awrangzib had married in the district, when he was sending any gift to Khurasan, making particular the khost district due to that reason of his daughters. noted by Sayed Zakaria hashimi.
The people of Khost wa Firing are Muslims. Most of them are Mujahid, and they belong to
Jamiat-e Islami
Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origi ...
party. The people of Khost wa Firing are called kosti or
khusti. According to Islamic books the
Imam Mehdi
The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad w ...
rises from Taliqan which is near to Khost wa Firing and his flowers are called by the name of Khosti which is the name of their original place. Therefore, Islamic forecasts say that people of Khost wa Firing which are called Khosti are the first followers and soldiers of Imam Mehdi.
References
External links
AIMS District mapDistrict profile
by the UNHCR
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(9 April 2002)
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Districts of Baghlan Province