Alingar District is located approximately 27 km from Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of Laghman Province and borders with Alishing and Dawlat Shah districts to the West, Nuristan Province to the North, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces to the East and Qarghayi and Mihtarlam districts to the South.It has about 60 villages located in four main valleys.

The security situation is reported to be relatively stable, although there are some private disputes.

The main sources of income are farming, daily wage labour and remittances from abroad.

The health care and education sectors are relatively well, but improvement is needed especially in the distant villages.

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