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Aqtash District

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In the 2018 election, only two polling centers were open in Aqtash, and the district governor declined to provide further details other than "turnout was good". Earlier that year, an operation was taken to clear the district and succeeded. However, as soon as security forces left, the Taliban
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A large operation was taken by the government in early 2020, killing many insurgents and their commanders across Kunduz Province, including Aqtash. Over 10,000 people were displaced as a result of the fighting in Aqtash, or about 1472 families.
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returned to the district. An operation was launched in 2017, causing 50 militant casualties. Later, in June 2019, a bastion was stormed in the district and 19 detainees were set free.
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were also created. A large operation was conducted to clear the district of militants in 2016, with dozens of villages cleared.
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Aqtash District was established in 2015 by Ashraf Ghani after he visited Kunduz Province.
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to the west. Kunduz District holds the provincial capital of
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Index

District
Map of Afghanistan with a dot on Aqtash
36°47′N 69°06′E / 36.79°N 69.1°E / 36.79; 69.1
Afghanistan
Province
Kunduz
Time zone
UTC+4:30
Afghanistan Standard Time
Kunduz Province
Afghanistan
Khanabad District
Ashraf Ghani
Dasht-e-Archi District
Baharak District
Bangi District
Kunduz District
Kunduz
Takhar Province
Khanabad River
Gurtipa District
Calbad District



"Newly created Kunduz districts still under Taliban control"


"The 2018 Election Observed (3) in Kunduz: A Very Violent E-Day"

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