The district is well governed, with self-governance in parts of Kalafgan because of how remote they are.

[8] The district has access to a good road, as it lies along the highway linking the provincial capitals of Taloqan and Fayzabad, Badakhshan.

Kalafgan was initially controlled by Jamiat-e Islami but switched to Junbesh-i Melli during the 1990s.

During the Afghan Civil War (1996–2001), only one village was controlled by the Taliban briefly in 2001.

The Taliban had not been a strong presence in the (formerly) relatively peaceful district, with only two incidents from 2018 to May 2020.