Khwaja Umari خواجه عمری | |
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  Khwaja Umari Location within Afghanistan[1] | |
| Coordinates:33°41′N68°25′E / 33.68°N 68.42°E /33.68; 68.42 | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghazni |
| Capital | Khwaja Umari |
| Elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
Khwaja Umari (Dari:خواجه عمری) is adistrict inGhazni province,Afghanistan.[2] It was created in 2005 from the largeJaghatu District. The district center is the village ofKhwaja Umari.[2]
The drought is less severe here than in many other parts of the country, and 80% of thearable land is in use.[2] The main source of income is agriculture, but many work inGhazni and the rate of unemployment is lower than many other districts.
In 2018, theTaliban overran the headquarters of the district government, killing district governor Ali Dost Shams and the district chief of the National Directorate for Security Ahmad Ziya, along with approximately twelve others.[3]
The population in 2005 was estimated at 16,100, of whom 45% wereHazara, 35%Tajik, and 20%Pashtun.[4]
Mohammad Arif Noori, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni Province, said that Taliban insurgents attacked the government compound of Khwaja Umari district, killing the district governor, Ali Dost Shams, 30, and the district chief of the National Directorate for Security, Ahmad Ziya.
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