Official Name: | Ghazni District |
Native Name: | ولسوالی غزنی |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ghazni |
Parts Type: | Occupation |
Parts Style: | para |
Ghazni District (Persian: ولسوالی غزنی), is a district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan situated in the northeast part of the province. Capital of the district is Ghazni, which is also capital of Ghazni Province.
Like in the rest of Afghanistan, no exact population numbers are available. The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimates the population of the district to be around 154,618.[1] According to AIMS and UNHCR, Hazaras make up 50% of the population, followed by Tajiks and Pashtuns, 50%.[2]
It was reported that Afghan and ISAF forces combined and killed several militants and captured an al-Qaeda IED facilitator and another incident on the southern side of Ghazni City.[3]