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Haska Meyna هسکه مېنه
Town
Haska Meyna, Nangarhar Province.
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Nangarhar Province
District	Haska Meyna District
Population
• Total	50,595
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Haska Meyna (Pashto: هسکه مېنه), also called Deh Bala, is a town in Haska Meyna District in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Shinwari tribe of Pashtuns.

Deh Bala 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.

Notable residents

Qari Barakatullah Saleem was born in the district. Deh Bala (ده بالا) is one of the villages of Haska Meyna district. Qari Barakatullah Saleem was an Afghan Quran reciter and is regarded as one of the best reciters of the Quran. He had won multiple Qira'at competitions.

Economy

Agriculture is the main source of income. Crops include wheat, corn, sugar cane and rice. At times, opium poppies have been an important crop. Deh Bala's residents do not have a modern water supply system for their crops. They traditionally drain water from the mountain (Spīn_Ghar), which flows along the south of the district, using water tap and shallow wells. Floods often destroy valuable fields. In the hill country, water must often be carried long distances by pack animal. Most villagers do not have access to potable water. Collecting and selling firewood, and manual labor, are other income-generating activities.

See also

• Nangarhar Province
• Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike

References

1. MRRD Provincial profile for Nangarhar Province
2. Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.

External links

• Map of Haska Meyna (Dih Bala) (PDF)

v t e Nangarhar Province
Capital: Jalalabad
Districts	Achin Bati Kot Bihsud Chaparhar Darai Nur Dur Baba Goshta Haska Meyna Hesarak Kama Khogyani Kot Kuz Kunar Lal Pur Momand Dara Nazyan Pachir Aw Agam Rodat Sherzad Shinwar Surkh-Rōd
Populated places	Champtala Darai Nur Darunta Fatehabad Gamberi Gandamak Ghazi Amanullah Town Ghowchak Girdi Kas Haska Meyna Hesarak Ka Chona Kaga Laghar Juy Shamsa Pur Sherzad Surkhrud Surobi Torkham Wazir Zargaran
Buildings and structures	Darunta Dam Forward Operating Base Torkham Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium Jalalabad Airport Najim Jihad Nangarhar University Spinghar Higher Education Centre
Other	Governors Ghaziabad Airport Kabul–Jalalabad Road Surkhab River Tora Bora Tora Bora Military Front

34°06′N 70°28′E / 34.100°N 70.467°E / 34.100; 70.467

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