Ishkashim District

This article is about the district in Afghanistan. For the adjacent district in Tajikistan, see Ishkoshim District.
Not to be confused with Ishkamish District.
Ishkashim
اشکاشم
District
Coordinates: 36°42′23″N 71°34′23″E / 36.70639°N 71.57306°E / 36.70639; 71.57306
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalIshkashim
Elevation
8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
15,951
Time zone+4.30
 • Summer (DST)+4.30

Ishkashim District (Dari: ولسوالی اشکاشکم) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. The border town of Ishkashim serves as the district's capital.[2] The population of the district is approximately 15,951 residents, majority of whom are believed to be ethnic Tajiks followed by Pashtuns, Uzbeks and others. In addition to Afghanistan's two main languages of Dari and Pashto, the language of Ishkashimi is also spoken in the district by the native people.

Ishkashim District lies between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan, where there is a settlement with the same name: Ishkoshim.[3] The Wakhan District is to the east. The area fell to the Taliban in July 2021.[4]

  1. ^ Estimated Population of Afghanistan April 2021
  2. ^ "Analysts Predict Decrease in Govt Revenue as Border Town Falls". TOLOnews. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. ^ The Afghanistan - Tajikistan border there.
  4. ^ "Over 1,000 ANA soldiers in Badakhshan flee to Tajikistan". Pajhwok Afghan News. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-15.