Said Karam District

Districts of Paktia Province

Said Karam (Pashto: سيدکرم ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی سیدکرم) is a district in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.^[1] The main town in the district is Khandkhel. The district is within the heartland of the Muqbil tribe of Pashtuns.^[2] Villages in the Said Karam district are Khandkhel (خڼخیل), Khunderkhel (کندر خیل), Goud Qala Mangal (ګډقلعه منګل), Chino Klalai (چینو کلا), Shaiyesta Kalay (شایسته کلا) and Shaikhan Kalay (توتاخېل)^{[citation needed]}

Demographics & population

No exact population numbers are available.^{[original research?]} The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimated the population of the district to be around 42,967 (CSO 2004).^[1]

Notable people

• Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992
• Mohammad Ashraf Naseri
• wahabudin sadaat

See also

• Khandkhel

References

1. "Sayed Karam District Development Plan - MRRD" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-03-04.
2. Paktia Province Tribal Map (Page 12). Naval Postgraduate School.