Momand Dara District
Momand Dara is a district in the east of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 33,966 in 2002, of whom 14,800 were children under the age of 12. The district is within the heartland of the Mohmand tribe of Pashtuns.[1] The district centre is the village of Momand Dara. Torkham, which is in the south of the district, is one of the main border crossing points into Pakistan.
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Nangarhar districts.
On March 4, 2007, it was the site of an incident in which a number of civilians were killed.
References
- Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.
- UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-05-09, accessed 2006-07-20 (PDF).
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