[4] The district does have access to the highway linking Kunduz and Taloqan, which is a major road.

[8] Bangi is bordered by Dasht-e-Archi to the north, Baharak to the northeast, Taluqan to the east, Chal to the southeast, Ishkamish to the south, and Khanabad to the west.

[9] The district was considered to be an anti-Taliban bulwark in 2010 (in the Taliban insurgency) because of its large Uzbek population.

[12] Two years later, the Taliban claimed that the entire district was under full governmental control.

[13] Bangi was considered to be under full government control in late 2017 by the BBC,[14] but just a few months later SIGAR classified it as contested.