Afghan Biographies

Bakwa District Farah Province


Name Bakwa District Farah Province
Ethnic backgr.
Date of birth
Function/Grade District Chief District Police Chief
History and Biodata

District Chief:
Mawlawi Janan (20071102)
Mohammad Ismael (20120130, 20120531)

District Police Chief:
Mohammad Hashim (20071102)
 

Background:
Bawka District's  population is entirely Pashtun.

Growing and trafficking Poppy is much of the population’s main source of income, particularly in Bakwa, Bala Boluk, Khak-e Safid, Gulistan, Poshtrud and, less significantly, Purchaman districts, according to UNODC. Not coincidentally, those are the districts with the earliest and strongest Taleban presence.
 

Residents of the Bakwa district in Farah province are moving to other places due to the absence of health and education services, said officials on 20140126.

 

Last Modified 2018-06-09
Established 2012-02-21