Qarabagh district is located 56 km to the south west of Ghazni

Ghazni

For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...

 in eastern Afghanistan. The 1,800 km² area is one of the most populated at 109,000; some reports count more than 200,000. There are three ethnic groups - 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...

 about 54%, Sayed

Sayyid

Sayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...

 about 2 % and Hazara about 44%.
The landscape varies in different parts of the district - deserts in the southwest, plains in the southeast and mountains in the north. The district is seriously affected by drought, especially farming and animal husbandry. Health and education need serious improvement.

Taliban militiamen are active in the area. Their threats have forced the girls' schools in the district to close. They briefly seized the government headquarters at the district centre in the town of Qarabagh

Qarabagh

Qarabagh may refer to:*Qarabagh District, Ghazni, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan*Qarabagh District, Kabul, in Kabul Province, AfghanistanSee also:*Karabakh, region in Azerbaijan...

 in April 2007. The Taliban also seized the Giro district centre southeast of Qarabagh. In July 2007, 23 Korean aid workers were kidnapped by the Taliban as their bus was hijacked passing through the district on the road between Kabul and Kandahar. At present, it is an unsafe place like other southern provinces such as Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand and Orozgan.

Security and politics

The district chief was replaced in 2006 by Zabit Salih Gul after the previous incumbent quit due to frequent threats by the Taliban.

On 22 November 2009 one militant was shot dead in Ali Naizi village in Qarabagh district after an operation by ISAF forces.

Malek Shafi'i

Malek Shafi'i

-Biography:Born in 1971, Shafi’i has been making documentary films in and outside of Afghanistan for the last 8 years. He completed his education at Baagh Ferdaws Islamic Film making Center in 1999 in Iran, and additionally attended a film production course in the Netherlands.Coming back to...

, born in Qarabagh District, is the husband of Azra Jafari

Azra Jafari

Azra Jafari was named by President Hamid Karzai as mayor of Nili, the capital of Daykundi Province in December 2008, thus becoming Afghanistan's first female city mayor. She was a refugee in Iran for several years under the Taliban...

 and a filmmaker in Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

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Mirwais jalalzai from qarabagh province andre