Tagab District, Kapisa

The Tagab District (from Pashto تګاب ولسوالۍ, "lone stream", Persian: ولسوالی تگاب) is situated in the eastern part of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It borders Parvan Province to the West, Mahmud Raqi and Nijrab districts to the North, Alasay District to the East and Kabul Province to the South-East. The population is 71,700 (2006) - Pashtun [majority] and Pashai.[1] [minority]. The district center is the village of "Tamir" (تعمیر) in Dari, located in the western part of the district.

Tagab District, Kapisa
District
CountryAfghanistan
RegionKapisa Province
Population
 (2006)
 • Total71,700

The area received considerable damage during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Besides the destruction of local homes, public properties such as schools and hospitals were also destroyed.

Villages[2]

Tagab district is 40 kms away from the Province center Mahmud Raqi. Tagab has 140 villages that are interwoven together in a relatively flat mountainous valley.

The villages names are as following:

1.Karezona

2.Kora

3.Ebad Khil

4.Tajik

5.Landakhil Awal

6.Landakhil Dowum

7.Dingak

8.Huda Landakhil

9.Qalai Saleh or Akhundzadagan

10.Dawran Qalai Saleh

11.Momin Khil Qalai Saleh

12.Gorandian

13.Adin Khil Qalai Saleh

14.Jalo Khil

15.Amroi Jalo Khil

16.Karez Mir Khil

17.Ashraf Khil or Mir Khil

18.Khanji Khil

19.ShahKoot

20.Khalil Khil

21.Sharif Khil

22.Massoud Khil

23.Adizai Sayed Khil

24.Omar Khil

25.Dawran Joybar

26.Sinzai Aliya

27.Hamza Khil

28.Tatar Khil

29.Kakar

30.Qalai Wali

31.Mullah Khil Angiyan

32.Angiyan

33.Joybar Gulzar Khil

34.Malikan Joybar

35.Wakil Khil Joybar

36.Joybar Mobayan

37.Mullah Khil Joybar

38.Sediq Khil

39.Padshah Saheb

40.Sinzai Safla

41.Markaz Wolaswalai

42.Anaarjoy Aliya

43.Anaarjoy Safla

44.Nawabad Anaarjoy

45.Karam Khil

46.Nawabad Karam Khil

47.Mohib Khil Mishwanai

48.Ghani Khil

49.Ghani Khil Borotian

50.Qorghal

51.Ghairat Khil

52.Almas Khil

53.Aka Khil

54.Gadai Khil

55.Laghmani

56.Loy Jamaat

57.Mullah Khil Sanjar Khil

58.Abdul Qahar Khil

59.Pir Khwaja

60.Shani Khil

61.Faqir Saheb

62.Deh Menjai

63.Badar Khil

64.Mullah Khil

65.Loy Kalai

66.Qalai Dasht

67.Miakhil

68.Mia Saheb

69.Khan Dooda

70.Chahar Mawa

71.Khan DoodaBala

72.AnaarBota

73.Niayalan

74.Kamoosh

75.Sher Gamah

76.Baraaka

77.Bahadur Khil

78.Bahadur Khil Qatarak

79.Bahadul Khil Malik Mohabat Khan

80. Haibat Khil

81. Chini Ghondai

82. Gobangar

83. Sultan Khil

84. Qaziyan

85. Pasha Garai

86. Shahi Khil

87. Loy Nawa

88. Baba Zangi Wali

89. Habash Khil

90. Aka Khil

91. Shaloti

92. Shaloti Ahengaran

93. Nawabat Shaloti

94. Paka China

95. Dram Dram

96. Chinary

97. Baba Khil

98. Nawabad Khil

99. Omar Khil

100. Nawabad Omar Khil

101. Wali Khil

102. KhushHal Khil

103. Mayas Khil

104. Qalai Amir or Nawruz Khil

105. Shahbaz Khil

106. Shatoori

107. Junglay

108. KhushHal Khil

109. Salaam Khil

110. Akhtar Baba Khil Seh Padara

111. Shaharzad Khil Seh Padar

112. Khan Mohammad Seh Padara

113. Mishwanai

114. Arsalah Khil

115. Sher Khil

116. Habas Khil or Nawabad Habas Khil

117. Shinwari

118. Niazi Khil

119. Mughal Khil

120. Nizam Khil

121. Niaz Khil

122. Gadoo China

123. Kam Shinkai

124. Saheb Zada Khil

125. Loy Shinkai

126. Ghazi Khan Khil

127. Ahengaran

128. Mir Khil

129. Shaloti Nawruz Khil

130. Payenda Khil

131. Akhundzada Khil

132. Tanoorak

133. Goodan

134. inzarai

135. Chinaa

136. Sufian

137. Kharooti

138. Saki Khil

139. Esa Khil

140. Muradi Khil

ٍEducation

Although the majority of the districts in Kapisa province had government run schools, according to an estimate in 2007, 103[3] more schools were needed to fulfill the educational need of the province. Of the districts of Kapisa, Tagab and Alasay Districts were the two districts with least number of schools and students attending schools. Girls schools, as of 2007, were non-existing.

A humvee of the Afghan National Army traverses a solitary road through the Tagab Valley.

Economy

The main source of income is agriculture, with 90% of usable land under cultivation. The majority of the produce are fresh pomegranates, onions, apples, peaches, and dry fruit such as almonds and raisins. However, the poor state of roads throughout the district causes difficulty in taking the food outside of the local area. Animal husbandry is also common, especially sheep and goat herding.

Currently, plans are in the works to build a north–south road connecting to the Kabul-Jalalabad Road, which will allow goods to move from Tagab District to the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, and from there into Uzbekistan.

Health care and educational facilities are limited and are in need of further improvement.

Security and Violence

On 15 November 2009 Taliban militants fired rockets on a bazaar in Tagab district where French Forces were meeting with Tribal elders. killing 10 Afghan civilians and wounding 28. All of the casualties were brought to nearby FOB Kutschbach where French and Army Special Forces medics evacuated the wounded. Days later the Afghan civilians blamed the US in the Tagab Bazaar instead of the Taliban. "If the US and French soldiers weren't here, the Taliban wouldn't fire rockets".[4]

In response to this attack, in late November 2009 the French ISAF forces launched a new offensive against the forces of the Taliban and Hizb-e Islami in Operation Avalon. The 700 plus forces from the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment and 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment attempted to clear the area where a new road was being built to help supply NATO forces in Afghanistan.[5]

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.aims.org.af. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "ولایت کاپیسا – ادارۀ مستقل ارگانهای محلی" (in Persian). Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. "معارف کاپیسا به یک‌صد و سه ساختمان مکتب نیاز دارد". روزنامه ۸صبح (in Persian). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. Rubin, Alissa J. "Taliban Militans Fire Rockets on Crowded Bazaar Northeast of Kabul. Accessed at: http://www.afghanemb-canada.net/en/news_bulletin/2009/Nov/17/index.php%5B%5D
  5. Andrew McGregor. "French Operation in Afghanistan Aims to Open New Coalition Supply Route." Terrorism Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 36 25 November 2009. Accessed at: https://jamestown.org/program/french-operation-in-afghanistan-aims-to-open-new-coalition-supply-route/


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