Qarabagh or Qara Bagh () is a

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Ghazni province Ghazni (; ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern Afghanistan. The province contains 19 Districts of Afghanistan, districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most ...

, 56 km to the south-west of Ghazni city in eastern

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. The 1,800 km² area is one of the most populated at 109,000; some reports count more than 218,000. The ethnic composition of the district includes

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and

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. The landscape varies in different parts of the district - deserts in the southwest, plains in the southeast and mountains in the north. The district, especially its farming and animal husbandry sector, is seriously affected by drought. Health and education need serious improvement. Activity in Ghazni province 130219-A-SL739-036

Activity in Ghazni province 130219-A-SL739-036

The

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militiamen are active in the area. Their threats have forced the girls' schools in the district to close. They briefly seized the government headquarters at the district centre in the town of Qarabagh in April 2007. The Taliban also seized the Giro district centre southeast of Qarabagh. In July 2007, the Taliban carried out the kidnapping of 23 Korean aid workers as their bus was hijacked passing through the district on the road between Kabul and Kandahar.

Politics and Governance

The district chief was replaced in 2006 by Zabit Salih Gul after his predecessor quit due to frequent threats by the Taliban. On 22 November 2009 one militant was shot dead in Ali Naizi village in Qarabagh district after an operation by ISAF forces.Operational Update, Nov. 22: Afghan-International Security Forces Kill, Detain Militants in Ghazni, Logar, Kandahar
. International Security Assistance Force. 22 November 2009.

Geography

Parts of the inhabited regions of the district are located in the Qolyaqol valley.

Healthcare

Education

Demographics

The two main Hazara groups in the district are Muhammad Khwaja, who tend to live in the center and north of the district, and Chahar-Dasta, who tend to live in the west."QARABAGH (Qarabāḡ), a district (woloswāli) of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan." Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1996-.
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Economy

The area is poor and traditionally one of out-migration to

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, Lashkar Gah, and

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, as well as to other countries. Most of the population are depend on agricultural resources. The economy is largely based on the remittances of the men who work out of the region. Agriculture is mostly based on irrigation, but production is low. Autumn wheat dominates, but spring wheat, barley, potatoes, beans, onions, carrots, turnips and fodder plants are also cultivated. Other crops like almonds, mulberries, apricots, apples and grape may be found in some areas.

Infrastructure

Natural Resources

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204933/http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?id=29703 * http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070418/3/30hxp.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070817065921/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/afghanistan.kidnap.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText?

External links

Map of Settlements
AIMS, 2002

MinDat.org (mineral data) {{DEFAULTSORT:Qarabagh District, Ghazni Hazarajat Districts of Ghazni Province