Shakardara District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan.

Its headquarters is the village of Shakar Dara, which is located in the central part of the district.

In December 2009, the district was declared close to being "Poppy-free" by the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics.

This result was rewarded by the ceremonial opening of a 9 km (5.6 mi) asphalt road, completed by the ministry, which will allow local farmers to transport their products to a market in a remote portion of Shakardara District (under the Karzai administration each time a province in Afghanistan reduces or eliminates its poppy crop, the inhabitants benefit from new roads, schools, irrigation systems, or farming equipment).

[1] On 17 May 2010 Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashed on a mountainside in the district, killing all 44 people on board.