[5] Yangi Qala has an area of 247 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to Malta.

[11] However, in 2005, Khwaja Bahuddin was split from this district and Yangi Qala shrank.

In August 2010, anti-government forces established a checkpoint and captured one soldier and one policeperson.

[15] Three years later on 8 February 2013, ISAF captured an IMU leader who was assisting in planning a high-profile attack.

[19] The following May, the Taliban controlled almost half the districts and held a police checkpoint for more than a day.

[20] Around this time, the decision was made to move the district offices to the provincial capital due to security concerns.

[22] At the end of the year, the BBC classified Yangi Qala as having low Taliban presence, defined as being attacked about once every three months.

[27] The Taliban took an outpost in Kaftar Ali village after two hours of fighting on 2 April 2019.

[29] Later in July, an illegal armed commander occupied a few villages in the district and disrupted activity.

There is some access to healthcare with three medical centers located in the district, however mortality rates remain high because of a lack of trained doctors, a district hospital, and safe drinking water.