Puli Alam District Explained

Puli Alam, also spelled Pul-i-Alam or Pol-e Alam, is a district of Logar Province, Afghanistan.The population of Puli Alam is estimated at around 108,000, which is composed of Pashtuns, Tajiks and a few others. The capital of the district is Puli Alam city, which is also the provincial capital.

Puli Alam has undergone reconstruction work after the fall of Taliban government.

A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) of the Czech Republic is based in the district.

Security and politics

It was reported on 23 November 2009 that unknown armed men destroyed a girls' school in the district's headquarters.^[1]

See also

• Districts of Afghanistan

References

1. " Armed men destroy girl school in southern Afghanistan" 23 November 2009. KABUL. Xinhua News. Accessed at: https://web.archive.org/web/20091125111914/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12526598.htm

External links

• "Puli Alam District  - Logar Province  - Afghanistan" map, January 2004, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)