In March 2009, the Dand District Centre was destroyed by a suicide bombing by two Taliban insurgents.
In December 2009 it was rebuilt by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Canadian civilian police of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.
[2] The construction project was one of two major initiatives undertaken by the Canadians – the other was in Tahkta Pul (southeast of Kandahar city).
Situated just outside the former Taliban capital Kandahar city, Dand was strategically important as a staging post for Taliban attackers intent on regaining their former stronghold.
Due to security concerns over half of the schools were closed down, but as of March 2011 all had reopened.