Bala Murghab is surrounded by some other important districts such as Ab Kamari, Muqur, Jawand, and Qadis.

[2] Based upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, Pashtuns make up 95.0% of the total population, followed by Aimaqs, Turkmen and Uzbeks.

Murghab is surrounded by Turkmenistan, Muqur, Qadis, Jawand, Ghormach and Qaysar district of neighbouring Faryab Province.

[2] During the Afghan Civil War the district was first besieged[5] and then captured by the Taliban in May 2019 after the Afghan Armed Forces/Afghan National Police retreated from most strategic sites in the district center with the exception of a military base nearby,[6] a base that they still hold today despite Taliban pressure.

[7] Nonetheless, Afghan Security Forces are still able to launch raids on the area via Helicopter with United States military support; in January 2020, both US and Afghan forces conducted a special operation in the district center liberating more than 60 prisoners from a Taliban prison.