The district is famous for its sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates.

Yearly, hundreds of visitors spend their weekends along the Kohistan river that flows into Surobi lake.

Kohistan is located at the crossroots with Parwan and Panjshir provinces.

The Kohistani Tajiks were considered the best organized and powerful groups opposing the 1879–1880 British occupation of Kabul.

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