Many people from outside these districts have difficulty in understanding the local accent and the Pashai language is not commonly spoken outside the region.

Some men work as migrant workers in countries like Iran or Pakistan as manual labourers during their 20s so to save enough to provide for the family's plot of land.

The district has good agricultural lands helped by annual flooding and organized irrigation.

There are frequently floods, earthquakes and mudslides which annually cause heavy damage to key infrastructure such as check dams and bridges.

[citation needed] People enjoy Mehndi or henna a paste that is bought in a cone-shaped tube and is made into designs for men and women.

In the Middle East and Africa, it is common for women to apply henna to their fingernails and toenails and to their hands.