Kohistan, also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston (Persian: کوہستان 'mountainous land'), was the northernmost district of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.

In productive agricultural seasons the area has an abundance of sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates.

Yearly thousands of visitors spend their weekends in its picnic place of Sayaad along the Panjshir river that flows into Sourubi lake.

The Kohistani Tajiks proved to be the most powerful and best organized groups that fought against the British occupation of Kabul in 1879 to 1880 in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

[1] During the war against USSR, Kohistan was one of the strongholds and headquarters for the Mujaheddin and later on it was one of the last remaining areas that was not in control of the Taliban.