Back নাওয়া জেলা Bengali/Bangla Nāwah (distrito) CEB ولسوالی ناوه Persian Distretto di Nawa Italian Daerah Nawa Malay Nawa (dystrykt) Polish ضلع ناوہ PNB ناوه ولسوالۍ، غزني Pashto/Pushto Nawa (distrikt) Swedish Nava ilçesi Turkish
Nawa District
ناوه | |
|---|---|
| Nawa | |
  Nawa District Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 32°19′25″N 67°52′38″E / 32.32361°N 67.87722°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghazni Province |
| Occupation | Taliban[1] |
| Elevation | 1,950 m (6,400 ft) |
| Population (2002)[2] | |
• Total | 29,054 |
Nawa is a large district in the far south of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. It is 100 km south from Ghazni in a mountainous region. The salt lake Ab-i Istada is located in the northern part of the district. Nawa's population was estimated at 29,054 in 2002, of whom around 45% were children under 12.[2] The district center is the village of Nawa. Military operations in the district were featured in articles in the Washington Post[3] and the New York Times[4] in October 2009. The district was controlled by the Taliban until 17 July 2017.
The district is within the heartland of the Tarakai tribe of Khilji Pashtuns.[5]
- ^ "Resolute Support obscures status of 7 Ghazni districts as 3 more fall to Taliban".
- ^ a b "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2006.
- ^ Chandrasekaran, Rajiv (22 October 2009). "In Helmand, a model for success?". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Boot, Max (21 October 2009). "There's No Substitute for Troops on the Ground". New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Ghazni Province Tribal Map (Page 4). Naval Postgraduate School.