Yamgan District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of the Baharak District and is home to approximately 20,000 residents, mostly Ismailis.
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![]() Yamgan District was formed within Baharak District in 2005 | |
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Province | Badakhshan |
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• Type | District council |
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• Estimate ([citation needed]) | 20,000 |
During the Afghan Civil War the area was under Taliban influence from 2015 to 2019, on September of that year Afghan National Security Forces declared they had full control over it.[1] On late March 2020 the district was fully captured by the Taliban.[2]
Last year, Afghan security forces had cleared the district from the presence of the insurgents after four years.
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