Sherzad District

Sherzad is a district in the west of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It has a short stretch of border with Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 66,392 in 2002, of whom 26,500 were children under 12. The district center is the village of Sherzad, whose population is 100% Pashtun who speak Pashto..
A large portion of the population belongs to the Shirzad sub-tribe of the Khogyani Karlan Pashtun tribe. In 2019, Afghan Special Forces raided the district, killing 43 Taliban militants. US forces also conducted airstrikes in the district.