Ab Band District

Coordinates: 32°58′59″N 67°58′01″E / 32.983°N 67.967°E / 32.983; 67.967 Ab Band' is a district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is almost entirely Pashtun, was estimated at 41,340 in 2002. Ab Band is on the main road from Kabul to Kandahar. Ab band is divided into two parts North and South Aband between the two is a desert and a river which flow to the south into a lake. much of Ab Band villages are now under Taliban control only the district headquarter is under government control, ab band has no construction projects,its local people regularly go to Pakistan and Iran for work. there are four famous ethnics settled in Ab band: Buden Khail, Na Khail, Mul Khail and Sorkhail. Ab band is popular for its tasty grapes and resins that's usually exported to Ghazni city and Muqur district for trade and exchange for goods.there is also a small Bazaar(town) for locals to purchase daily needs and meet neighbor villager the Bazaar is located between Bazi and Chawnai villages. ab band people are really poor,they struggling and working at agriculture fields for over 6 months to afford only the harsh winter, the water sources are Kariz's(a trench 4-5 km long underground at the starting point it might be 35m deep but the end water reaches to the surface and flow like mesh)during the 2000s drought most of them become dried and people rushed for water pump drills however, there is another problem villagers are disagree with water pumps because they will dry the rest of the Kariz's in the region. there is no main road specially, in the south during the winter about 2 or half months access to the area blocks by snow, people only go by foot.


Hills and Mountains

Ab band has a number of very nice and wild mountains and hills such as Khwaja Lal Mountain,Zarcha,Laka tega, Khar koshta mountains, Zegay hills and wat Ghar plus many small mores...

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by Awrang Zaib resident of Ab Band http://awrang.wordpress.org