Kunar Province

Kunar ( Konar also, Pashtun کونړ ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of Afghanistan.

3.1 tribes Kunars
3.2 language
3.3 Religion
3.4 Education
3.5 Health

Etymology

The word comes Kunar in historical texts as Kunar ( کونړ ) Kanir ( کنیر ) Kahwis ( کهویس ) and Kolo ( کولو ) before and Nuristani languages means " Valley of the Olives". There used in Kunar many olive trees, even today, olive trees are planted.

Geography

Kunar has an area of about 4942 square kilometers and about 417,000 inhabitants. The province is located in the densely wooded Hindu Kush Mountains.

With Kunar neighboring Afghan provinces of Nuristan in the north- west, Laghman are in the west and Nangarhar to the south.

In the east, the Kunar borders Pakistan, namely southeast to the Mohmand and Bajaur Agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan and north-east to the districts Lower Dir and Chitral of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The border with Pakistan extends along the Durand line over 175 km.

Provincial capital Kunars is Asadabad.

Topography

The river Kunar (also Kunar Rud ) rises in northwestern Pakistan a glacier on the south side of the Hindu Kush and flows initially as Chitral south to Afghanistan. On the Afghan side of the border, it is then called Kunar. The river flows Kunar, near Jalalabad in the Kabul River.

The resulting through the river valley is called in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according Chitraltal Kunartal.

The Afghan Kunar province mainly consists of the portion of the Kunartals between the mountain highlands of the north and the Nuristani Kabulflusstal in the south, and from the leading- in Asadabad Korangaltal and the other side valleys of Kunars and Korangals. In the West, there is no clear, natural and topographic demarcation to the other Afghan provinces in the Hindu Kush. To the east and southeast of the province by the Kabul - Tsappar mountain range, bounded on the northeast by the Kashmund mountain range.

About 86 % of the province consist of mountains and dry high mountain slopes, which are crossed by steep and densely wooded river valleys. The valleys are often difficult to access. The remaining 14 % consist mainly of river -level plains.

Population

Kunar has about 417,000 inhabitants, of which 95% of the population of Pashtuns and 5% belong to the Nuristani.

Approximately 11,000 residents Kunars live in cities, primarily the provincial capital of Asadabad. The remaining 406,000 live in rural villages and on farms.

Strains Kunars

The Pashtuns Kunars divided into the tribes of Safi ( Gorbuz, Masud and Wadir ), the Shinwari, the Takari ( Salarzai, root and Kakazai ) and the Mohmand ( Baezai and Sepah ) on. In addition, Pashtun Kuchi ( nomads ) inhabit the tribe Ghilzai parts of Kunar province, especially in the summer in the area of Ghaziabad, but in winter the majority migrate to the Afghan provinces of Logar, Wardak and Parwan.

The Nuristani Kunars mainly belong to the Kom tribe. However, small groups of Nuristani the Kalasha, Tregami, Kshto and Gramsana in isolated villages of the province live.

Language

Of the 771 towns in the province Pashto is spoken primarily in 705. The amount of Pashto - speakers in the total population is more than 90%. In 35 places is the main language Nuristani, Pashai in 15 locations and in two places Dari and Uzbekistan.

Religion

The population Kunars committed to a majority Hanafi interpretation of Sunni Islam, whose practice is strongly mixed with the pre-Islamic code of honor Pashtunwali.

In Kunar province there are 1,349 mosques and madrasas of which are associated with a variety of a sect that is influenced by the teachings of the fundamentalist Deobandis and a Pashtun nationalist, radical interpretation of Islam represents: the so-called " students ", ie Taliban.

Education

In Kunar province there are about 115 schools. About 31 % of the population can read. Among women, there are about 7%.

Health

There are three hospitals in the province of Kunar and 46 clinics and / or ambulance stations.

Economy

The majority of the population Kunars feeds by livestock and agriculture. Especially in Korangaltal also Woodcutting is operated. In addition, the province of Kunar is a growing area for opium poppy, is obtained from the opium.

Policy

Provincial Governor Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi is.

According to reports, Osama bin Laden should have temporarily stopped in this bordering Pakistan province.

Districts of the province

The Kunar province consists of 16 districts, each headed by a district governor. The number, designation, and boundaries of the districts are subject to frequent changes. Recently the districts Asmar, Ghaziabad, Shigal and Wata Pur were newly formed from the territory of other districts.

Evidence

Province in Afghanistan
Hindu Kush
Kunar

Asadabad, Afghanistan Mohmand Agency Chitral District Kunar River Kochi people Pashayi languages Honor code Chapa Dara District

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