Mir Bacha Kot

Mir Bacha Kot is a village and a market in the center of Mir Bacha Kot District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 1,690 m altitude, 25 km north of Kabul. The village infrastructure was destroyed during the war.
The name “Mir Bacha Kot” was given after the well known Sadat “Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan Kohdamani” a well known military commander who led the Tajiks of Shamali against the British in the second Anglo-Afghan war. Since Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan Kohdamani is the most important historical figure from Saraai Khwaja, The people of this district decided to rename the district to “Mir Bacha Kot”.