:Achin District

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Achin ({{langx|ps|اچين ولسوالۍ}}) is a district in southern Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan.

Its population is 100% Pashtun.{{cite web|url=http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/eastern/nangarhar/achin.pdf|title=UNHCR District Profile|website=Aims.org.af|date=2002-07-02|accessdate=2006-07-06}} Achin 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 in the 1980s.

During the April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike, the United States Air Force dropped a MOAB in Achin district which targeted a tunnel complex of the ISIS-affiliate located in the area,{{cite press release |author=|title=U.S. Bombs, Destroys Khorasan Group Stronghold in Afghanistan |url=http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/News-Article-View/Article/1152089/us-bombs-destroys-khorasan-group-stronghold-in-afghanistan/ |publisher=United States Central Command |date=2017-04-13 |access-date=2017-04-14}} and reportedly killed dozens of militants.{{cite news |author1 = Mashal, Mujib |author2 = Abed, Fahim |title = 'Mother of All Bombs' Killed Dozens of Militants, Afghan Officials Say |newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2017-04-14 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/world/asia/mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan-us-moab.html |access-date = 2017-04-14 }}