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The Bar Kunar district is situated in the northeastern part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Asadabad district to the south-west, Nuristan Province to the north-west, Nari district to the north-east and Dangam district to the south-east. The population is 19,500 (2006) - all of them Pashtun. The district center is the village of Asmãr (35.0339° N 71.3583° E) at 983 m altitude in a river valley, located in the most southern part of the district.
The district is mountainous and the arable land is not enough and people are poor. It is said that the fight against the Soviet Army has started in this district [1].
