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Sherzad District

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Country
  
Afghanistan

Province
  
Nangarhar Province

District center
  
Sherzad

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Time zone
  
D† (Afghanistan Standard Time) (UTC+4:30)

Sherzad is a district in the west of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It has a short (approximately 5 km) stretch of border with Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 66,392 in 2002, of whom 26,500 were children under 12. The district center is the village of Sherzad.

Map of Sherzad, Afghanistan

A large portion of the population belongs to the Shirzad sub-tribe of the Khogyani Karlan Pashtun tribe.

References

Sherzad District Wikipedia