Sherzad is a
district
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in the west of
Nangarhar Province,
Afghanistan
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. It has a short (approximately 5 km) stretch of border with
Pakistan
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. Its population, which is 100%
Pashtun
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, was estimated at 66,392 in 2002, of whom 26,500 were children under 12. The district center is the village of
Sherzad.
A large portion of the population belongs to the
Shirzad sub-tribe of the
Khogyani Karlan Pashtun
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 ...
tribe.
References
External links
Map of Sherzad district(PDF)
UNHCR District Profile dated 2002-05-14, accessed 2006-07-24 (PDF).
Districts of Nangarhar Province
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