Ghorband

Ghorband District Ghorband
District
Ghorband District courthouse
District highlighted within Parwan Province and Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°0′N 68°51′E / 35.000°N 68.850°E / 35.000; 68.850Coordinates: 35°0′N 68°51′E / 35.000°N 68.850°E / 35.000; 68.850
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Parwan Province
No. of Community Development Councils	58
No. of villages	109
Capital	Syahgerd
Area
• Total	899 km2 (347 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	74,123
Time zone	AST (UTC+04:30)

Ghorband District (Persian: ولسوالی غوربند‎‎) is a district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Ghorband is located in the southern foothills of Hindu Kush and forms the western boundary of the ancient valley of Koh Daman. It is located 50 km from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The capital lies at Syahgerd, also known as Seya Gerd. It is the largest district of the province, covering an area of 899 square kilometres with a population of 74,123 as of 2003. The Ghorband River flows through the district. It contains 58 Community Development Councils and 109 villages.

Historically the Ghorband valley was connected with Bactria as far back as Alexander the Great times. The ancient Koh Daman valley is an important archaeological site and evidence has revealed that the people inhabiting the valley developed sophisticated mining techniques early on.

The Ghorband valley was once inhabited by the Hazara people

Prominent scholars and politicians have risen from this district. For example, Mr. Mir Ali Gouhar Ghorbandi the outspoken member of parliament during the reign of King Zahir Shah came from this district. Mr. Mir Ali Gouhar along with his a group of well-known Afghan scholars including Alama and poet Balkhi attempted an unsuccessful coup de ta against the establishment of King Zahir Shah in which Mr. Mir Ali Gouhar along with the rest of the group were caught while plotting the coup de ta. After having served nearly 15 years as a political prisoner, Mir Ali Gouhar was subsequently elected by the people of Ghorband as their district representative and MP in the parliament. As an outspoken MP, he introduced number of positive progressive changes to the district. Notably, he donated his own house to be used as a girl’s high school. The first of its kind the district had ever seen. Due to his political influence, the introduction of electricity and piped running water projects were implemented in the district. To this day, his legacy lives not only amongst the people of district, but across a wide spectrum of the public in different parts of Afghanistan, particularly in the central and northern regions. People of Ghorband also fought Jihad in Soviet-Union attack. Prof.Mohammad Saber Khishki (پوهاند محمد صابر خویشکۍ) a very senior Venerable professor of Kabul university and a well-known personality was born in Ghorband who served Afghans in very hard circumstances of war and conflicts, continued to teach nonstop able by considering the fact that "Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future". . Youth are leaving no stone unturned in making Ghorband one of the pioneer province of Afghanistan.