Dih Bala District

Dih Bala District هسکه مېنه
District
Dih Bala District, Nangarhar Province.
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Nangarhar Province
Capital	Deh Bala
Population (2002)
• Total	50,595
Time zone	Afghanistan Standard Time (UTC+4:30)

Dih Bala (Pashto:هسکه مېنه), (Persian: ولسوالی ده بالا‎‎) is a district in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 50,595 in 2002, of whom 20,200 were children under 12. The district centre is Deh Bala. Dih bala is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes. It was a stronghold of the Mujaheddin during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Shinwari-tribe

The Shinwaris are derived from the Kasi tribe, and are further distributed into sub-tribes:

Tribe	Subtribes	Clans of Tribe	Subclans of Tribe	division of Tribe	Section of Subdivision	Minor Fractions	Other Fractions
Shinwari	Mandhizai/Manduzai	[Hamza khel] [Llias khel] [Hasan khel]	[Ahmad khel] [Maghdud khel] [Daulat khel] [kotwal] [kuki khel] [Musi khel] [Umar khel] [Da Oghaz khel]	[Haska mena (Deh bala)]
	Alisher khel	[Adal khel] [Ash khel]	[Khuga khel] [Mirdad khel] [Utar khel] ]Piro khel] [Piset khel] [Shekmal khel]
	Sangu khel	[Ghani khel]	[Haider khel] [kachkal khel] [Khani khel] [Karmu khel] [Mirjan khel] [Mai khel] [Soulor ptar] [Mullagoris
	Sephai	[Rahimdad khel] [Haider khel] [Suliman khel] [Babar khel] [Shabul khel]	[Aka nmasi] [Ata nmasi] [Mama khel] [Aka khel] [Fatima nmasi] [Nimidar khel] [Mamai khel] [Lala nmasi] [ya khel]	[Achin]
	Mullagori
	Soonkhel

See also

• Deh Bala wedding party bombing

References

• UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-05-21, accessed 2006-07-13 (PDF).

External links

• Map of Dih Bala (PDF)