Mohammad Agha District

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Mohammad Agha District is a district of Lowgar Province, Afghanistan. It lies next to Kabul province. Mohammad Agha district is located in the North part of Logar Province, 35 Km from Kabul City or one hour drive, at an altitude of 1,875 mt. The District, which consists of 16 Zones ( Zarghun Shar, Deh Naw, Moghol Khail, Qala Shekhak, Qala Ahmad Zai, Mohammad Agha, Kotubkhel, Gomaran, Safed Sang, Abbazak, Surkh Abad, Dewalak, Burg, Abparan, Dashtak and Karezes), 8 main villages and 15 sub-villages. The District capital is Mohammad Agha.

Pashtuns are living mainly in the zones of Gomaran, Burg, Qala Ahmad Zai, Abparan ,Abbazak ,Karesha and Moghul Khail, while Tajiks are present mainly in Zarghun Shahr, Deh Now , Safed Sang, Mohammad Agha and Kotubkhel.

Mohammad Agha has been severely affected by conflict, mainly during the Soviet invasion, around 85% of houses have been destroyed and a large-scale displacement, mainly to Pakistan, took place. Many refugees returned at the beginning of the 90s, but were again displaced by the fighting between the Mujaheddin and later on between Talibans and Jamiat Party.

Security situation is reported by local authorities as good. Dashtaq village ( Pashtuns make 60% of the population while Tajiks make 40% of the population.^[1]