It is counted one of the more secure districts of Nangarhar, where many foreigners go to visit the social, agricultural and structural rehabilitation of the area.

[citation needed] On 12 May 2020, a suicide bombing took place in Kuz Kunar District at the funeral of Shaikh Akram, a former commander of the district's police force, who had died of a heart attack a day earlier.

[2] Abdullah Malikzai, a member of Nangarhar's provincial council, was killed in the attack, while his father, Malik Qais Noor Agha, a lawmaker, was wounded.

[3][4] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL–KP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

However, the Afghan government claimed that the Taliban and the affiliated Haqqani network were behind the attack.