- Source: Haska Meyna District
Haska Meyna (Pashto: هسکه مېنه), also called Deh Bala District, is a district in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtuns, was estimated at 50,595 in 2002, of whom 20,200 were children under 12. The district centre is Haska Meyna.
Haska Meyna 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.
See also
Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
References
UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-05-21, accessed 2006-07-13 (PDF).
External links
Map of Haska Meyna (Dih Bala) (PDF)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Haska Meyna District
- Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
- Haska Meyna
- Haska Meyna mosque bombing
- Shinwari
- Bara Tehsil
- List of massacres in Afghanistan
- Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike
- Operation Red Wings
- Maywand District murders
