Kalakan District is located in the northern part of Kabul Province

Kabul Province

Kābul , situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. It borders Guldara District

Guldara District

Guldara District is located in the northwestern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 10,000 people, including new returnees...

 to the west, Qarabagh District to the north, Dih Sabz District to the east and Mir Bacha Kot District

Mir Bacha Kot District

Mir Bacha Kot District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 5,000 and another 37,000 are expected to return in the near future...

 to the south. The population is 26,800 (2006). The center is the village of Kalakan

Kalakan

Kalakan is a village located at at 1,610 m altitude. It is center of Kalakan District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan....

, situated in the central part of the district. The district has been seriously affected by war. Most infrastructure was totally destroyed. The reconstruction and the return of the displaced families is a slow process.

Kalakan and the residents

Amir Habibullah Kalakani was the Amir of Afghanistan for only months in 1929 after leading a successful revolt against King Amanullah with the help of various Pashtoon tribes, who were against the King's rapid modernization plans. After his defeat and execution by Mohammad Nadir,Kalakani was given the name: Bacha-i-Saqao, son of a water carrier. Kalakani was a Tajik from the Shamali area, and was probably born in 1890.