[2] In 1998, the camp was leveled by U.S. cruise missiles in retaliation for the 1998 United States embassy bombings.

[3] On July 23, 2007, an improvised explosive device detonated near a US vehicle in the district, killing four soldiers: 1st Sgt.

[4] "One of the last reports of Uzbek IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) fighters active inside Afghanistan" came from Surobi District in October 2007.

[5] Surobi was the site of a major action by the French Foreign Legion in December 2009.

[6] The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimates the population of the district to be around 44,871.