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Nirkh District
District in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nirkh or Nerkh is a district of about 480 square kilometres (185 sq. mi.) in the east of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 57,000 in 2002, consisting of about 100% Pashtuns,. The district centre is Kane Ezzat.
During the presidency of Mohammed Daoud Khan in the 1970s, Nirkh District was planted with many fruit trees; however, these have since dried up in droughts.
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It was reported on 17 November 2009 that Afghan and NATO forces killed one farmer and a militant during an operation.[1]
It was reported on 20 November that a suspected militant was detained in Darmandyan when several compounds used by the Taliban for IED and small arms attacks were searched.[2]
On 12 May 2021 it was captured by Taliban.[3]
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