Shib Koh District

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| official_name = Shib Koh

| native_name = شیب کوه

| native_name_lang = pa

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| settlement_type = District

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Farah

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| population_total = 22,700

| population_as_of = 2010

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| population_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Farah Provincial Profile|url=http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/232/Farah%20Provincial%20Profile.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development|access-date=21 September 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213117/http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/232/Farah%20Provincial%20Profile.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}

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Shib Koh is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan which borders Iran. Its population, which is 50% Pashtun and 45% Tajik, along with other ethnic groups, was estimated at 328,000 in January 2005.{{cite web|title=District Profile|url=http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/western/farah/shib_koh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051027175426/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/western/farah/shib_koh.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2005|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|access-date=19 June 2006}} The district fell to the Taliban on 12 December 2018, after Afghan troops withdrew.{{cite web |title=Afghan forces abandon district after Taliban pressure |agency=Reuters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323052010/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-security/afghan-forces-abandon-district-after-taliban-pressure-idUSKBN1OB1SH |archive-date=2023-03-23 |url-status=live |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-security/afghan-forces-abandon-district-after-taliban-pressure-idUSKBN1OB1SH}}