Lal wa Sarjangal District

During the period that followed the genocide by Abdul Rahman and the failure of state following assassination of Nadir Khan, the hazara elite came to an uneasy settlement with the Kabul government.

The district's educated elite however were generally massacred by the communist regime of Nur Muhammad Taraki and Hafeezullah Amin, mostly under the allegation of being Maoists.

The first district governor of the Lal Sar Jangal from the local Hazara population was Ewaz Ali who was later on brutally murdered by members of the Mujahideen faction.

The period of the PDPA rise also trained a number of talent Lal youth that later on took important positions in the Afghan government.

These organisations have mixed reputation for engaging the people in local civil wars and imposing different sorts of illegal taxes.

However, the shining point of the Jihadi organisations for Lal Sar Jangal was the establishment and unification of these local parties in 1988 under the banner of Hezb-e-wahdat.

In common with other mountainous districts, Lal Wa Sarjangal suffers from low rainfall and severe and long winters, both of which affect agriculture, the most important source of income.

Some, other sickness such as urinary tract infections, malnutrition in children and women and Joint pain are also common in this district during all seasons.

Lal and Sarjangal Governorate