Dand Aw Patan District (Pashto: ډنډ او پټان ولسوالۍ ḍanḍ aw paṭān wuləswāləi; Persian: ولسوالی دند و پتان) is located in the northeastern section of Paktia Province in Afghanistan.

On May 29, 2020, the Taliban insurgents stormed a check posts of the former Afghan Border Police (ABP).

[7] The attack came soon after the end of the three-day Eid ceasefire announced by the Taliban, which lasted from 24 to 26 May 2020.

On March 4, 2022, at least two people were killed and 15 injured in an explosion that happened inside a mosque in Dand Aw Patan.

[8] Another more deadlier mosque attack happened on the same day in Peshawar, Pakistan.