Barg-i Matal District

Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Kamkata-vari: , , ) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province) and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.

Climate

Bargi Matal has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dsc), resulting in long, cold winters and short, mild summers.

Boundaries

Bargi Matal District is bounded by:

• Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province to the west and northwest,
• Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, to the northeast and east,
• Kamdesh District to the south, and
• Parun District to the southwest.

See also

• Peshawar, Afghanistan, a settlement in the district

Notes

External links

• Crowley, Michael (22 September 2009) "Dying For Barge Matal" The New Republic
• Cavendish, Julius (13 November 2009) "Barge Matal: It's a Place We Never Want to Go Back To", The Independent