Kuz Kunar District

Kuz Kunar District Khewa
District
کوز کونړ
Kuz Kunar District is located in the north-west of Nangarhar Province.
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Nangarhar Province
District center	Khewa
Population  (2002[1])
• Total	167,640
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (D† (Afghanistan Standard Time))

Kuz Kunar (Pashto: کوز کونړ, lit. "Lower Kunar") or Khewa (Pashto: ښېوه; also spelled Shewa) is a district in the north of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the Kunar River. It is counted one of the more secure districts of Nangarhar, where many foreigners go to visit the social, agricultural and structural rehabilitation of the area. Its population, which is 75% Pashtun, was estimated at 167,640 in 2002, of whom 32,000 were children under 12. ^{[citation needed]}

History

On 12 May 2020, a suicide bombing took place in Kuz Kunar District at the funeral of Shaikh Akram, a former commander of the district's police force, who had died of a heart attack a day earlier. The blast killed 32 people and injured 133 others, some severely.^[2] Abdullah Malikzai, a member of Nangarhar's provincial council, was killed in the attack, while his father, Malik Qais Noor Agha, a lawmaker, was wounded.^[3][4] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL–KP) claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the Afghan government claimed that the Taliban and the affiliated Haqqani network were behind the attack.^[5]

References

1. "UNHCR District Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-07. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
2. "Newborns Are Among 37 Killed in Two Attacks in Afghanistan". BNN Bloomberg. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
3. "15 Killed In Afghanistan's Nangarhar Suicide Attack". Regional Telegraph. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
4. "Afghan gunmen storm maternity clinic in Shiite area of Kabul". The Times of India. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
5. "Afghans say Taliban behind bloodshed, reject U.S. blame of Islamic State". May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020 – via uk.reuters.com.

External links

• Map of Kuz Kunar district (PDF)
• UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-04-22, accessed 2006-07-20 (PDF).