- Source: Achin District
Achin (Pashto: اچين ولسوالۍ) is a district in southern Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan.
Its population is 100% Pashtun. Achin is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes.
It was a stronghold of the Mujaheddin during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
During the April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike, the United States Air Force dropped a MOAB in Achin district which targeted a tunnel complex of the ISIS-affiliate located in the area, and reportedly killed dozens of militants.
Economy
The primary licit crop in Achin is wheat. Collecting and selling firewood, and manual labor, are other income-generating activities. Tobacco is also grown in the district.
= Opium poppy
=In 2000, UNDCP recorded 130 poppy-growing villages in Achin, making it the greatest opium growing district in eastern Afghanistan that year.
References
External links
Map of Achin Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
UNODC 2003 Opium Survey (extensive photographs of Achin poppy cultivation)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Distrik di Afganistan
- Achin District
- Achin
- 2017 Nangarhar airstrike
- GBU-43/B MOAB
- 2016 in aviation
- 75th Ranger Regiment
- Islamic State – Khorasan Province
- Mohmand Valley raid
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- List of drone strikes in Afghanistan
