Gurbuz_District

Gurbuz District

Gurbuz District

Place in Khost, Afghanistan

Gurbuz District (Pashto: ګربز ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی گربز) is situated in the southeast part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Tani District to the west, Mando Zayi and Khost districts to the north and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan to the southeast. Governor of Gurbuz District is Abdulhai Zazi.[1] The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are responsible for all law enforcement activities in the district.

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According to Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), the 2020 estimated population of the district was 29,627 people.[2] The district center is the village of Sekhamir Kalay situated in the northwestern part of the district. It is inhabited by Gurbuz, a Wazir subtribe.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Meet The Youngest District Governor In Eastern Afghanistan". TOLOnews. April 1, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. [2]
    "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2020-21" (PDF). National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA). www.nsia.gov.af. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  3. [3]
    "Khost Provincial Overview". Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 2021-03-25. The Waziris in Khost live in the Garboz, Qalandar, and Nadar Shah Kot districts.



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