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Puli Alam, also spelled Pul-i-Alam or Pol-e Alam, is a district of
Logar Province Logar (Pashto/Dari: ; meaning Greater Mountain ( لوې غر)) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the eastern section of the country. It is divided into 7 districts and contains hundreds of villages. Puli Alam is the capital of ...
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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. The population of Puli Alam is estimated at around 108,000, which is composed 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 ...
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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 ...
and a few others. The capital of the district is
Puli Alam Puli Alam ( prs, پل علم), also spelled Pul-i-Alam or Pol-e Alam, is the provincial capital of Logar Province, Afghanistan as well as of Puli Alam District. The population of the district is estimated to be around 108,000, and is composed of ...
city, which is also the provincial capital. Puli Alam has undergone reconstruction work after the fall of
Taliban government The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is a theocracy and an emirate with political powe ...
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(PRT) of the
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is based in the district.


Security and politics

It was reported on 23 November 2009 that unknown armed men destroyed a girls' school in the district's headquarters." Armed men destroy girl school in southern Afghanistan" 23 November 2009. KABUL. Xinhua News. Accessed at

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See also

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Districts of Afghanistan The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' ( ps, ولسوالۍ, ''wuləswāləi''; fa, شهرستان, ''shahrestān'') are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first d ...


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External links


"Puli Alam District – Logar Province – Afghanistan"
map, January 2004, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) Districts of Logar Province {{Lowgar-geo-stub