Said Karam District Explained

Said Karam (Pushto; 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)

Demographics & population

No exact population numbers are available. 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. Web site: Sayed Karam District Development Plan - MRRD. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304005543/http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/DDP/Paktia/Said%20Karam%20DDP%20Summary.pdf. 2012-03-04.
2. https://www.nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/East_tribal_map07.pdf/e48b5c16-800d-42bb-9e24-3d84ac394666 Paktia Province Tribal Map (Page 12)