Nawa District

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Nawa (Pashto; ناوه ) is a large district in the far south of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. It is 100 km south from Ghazni in a mountainous region. The salt lake Ab-i Istada is located in the northern part of the district. Nawa's population was estimated at 29,054 in 2002, of whom around 45% were children under 12.{{cite web|title=District Profile|url=http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/ghazni/nawa.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051027170901/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/ghazni/nawa.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2005|publisher=UNHCR|access-date=25 April 2006}} The district center is the village of Nawa. Military operations in the district were featured in articles in the Washington Post{{cite news|last=Chandrasekaran|first=Rajiv |author-link=Rajiv Chandrasekaran |title=In Helmand, a model for success?

|newspaper=Washington Post |date=22 October 2009|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/21/AR2009102104144.html|access-date=2009-10-24}} and the New York Times{{cite news|last=Boot|first=Max |author-link=Max Boot |title=There's No Substitute for Troops on the Ground|newspaper=New York Times|date=21 October 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/opinion/22boot.html|access-date=2009-10-24}} in October 2009.

The district was controlled by the Taliban until 17 July 2017.

The district is within the heartland of the Tarakai tribe of Khilji Pashtuns.[https://www.nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/East_tribal_map07.pdf/e48b5c16-800d-42bb-9e24-3d84ac394666 Ghazni Province Tribal Map (Page 4)]. Naval Postgraduate School.