Shinwar District

Shinwar is a district in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

It is on the main highway from Jalalabad to the Torkham border crossing.

Its population, which is 100% Pashtun was estimated at 40,147 in 2002, of whom 16,000 were children under 12.

The district centre is the village of Shinwar.

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