Ghazni District


Ghazni District is a district of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan situated in the northeast part of the province. Capital of the district is Ghazni, which is also capital of Ghazni Province.

Demographics &; Population

Like in the rest of Afghanistan, no exact population numbers are available. The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan estimates the population of the district to be around 154,618. According to AIMS and UNHCR, Hazara make up 50% of the population, followed by Tajikk people and Pashtuns, 50%.

Security and Politics

It was reported that Afghan and ISAF forces combined and killed several militants and captured an al-Qaeda IED facilitator and another incident on the southern side of Ghazni City.