Current Issues
More recently, Goshta has been afflicted by the war on terror against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban since 2001. In addition to the presence of Afghan government troops, NATO forces and Taliban fighters, various Saanga magazine and IWPR news agency's reports in 2003-2005 indicate that troops from Pakistan have made incursions into the province. NATO troops are assisting government forces in attempting to improve the situation, but face major problems. And nowadays the local peoples are with government. As the security the most peaceful district in all Afghanistan because here is just one tribe living and the unity is still here.
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