Kama is a district

Districts of Afghanistan

The provinces of Afghanistan are divided into Wolaswalei or districts. The number of districts in Afghanistan has fluctuated over the years, with new districts created by splitting or merging parts of others. Prior to 1979, there were 325 districts. This was increased to 329 and, in 2004, a major...

 in Nangarhar Province

Nangarhar Province

Nangarhar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan in the east of the country. Its capital is the city of Jalalabad. The population of the province is 1,334,000, which consists mainly of ethnic Pashtuns with a sizable community of Arabs and Pashais....

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, to the east of Jalalabad

Jalalabad

Jalalabad , formerly called Adinapour, as documented by the 7th century Hsüan-tsang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately of highway with...

. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

, was estimated at 88,000 in 2002.
The district centre is the village of Sanger Srye Kama.
The districts includes most of the Kama valley, connecting Jalalabad with the Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass

The Khyber Pass, is a mountain pass linking Pakistan and Afghanistan.The Pass was an integral part of the ancient Silk Road. It is mentioned in the Bible as the "Pesh Habor," and it is one of the oldest known passes in the world....

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Scholars

• Mohammad Musa Shafiq
  Mohammad Musa Shafiq
  Mohammad Musa Shafiq was Prime Minister of Afghanistan. He was an Afghan politician and poet. He became Foreign Minister in 1971 and Prime Minister in December 1972. He lost both positions when Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown on July 17, 1973...
  
  
• Mirwais Yasini
  Mirwais Yasini
  Mirwais Yasini is the current First Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament. Following the Communist coup in 1978, Mirwais Yasini worked actively to combat the Soviet invasion, and went on to oppose the Taliban from 1993 to 2001 as a social and political activist...
  
  
• Eng.Malang Suliman
• Mulavi Murad Ali Khan Sahibzada
  Mulavi Murad Ali Khan Sahibzada
  Murad Ali Sahebzada son of late Abdul Rahman Saelani with the help of Ghulam Haidar Khan Qalmaq in 1235 H.L refuged with his three sons from the Yusafzae area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Kama district of Nangarhar province of Afghanistan and got famous under the name of Faqeer Saheb. The family of...
  
  
• Mulavi Gulam Nabi kamawi
• khpulwak suliman
• Khalid Dada

Kama is a village where most of the people speak the languge of Pashto

External links

• Map of Kama district (PDF)