Markaz-i Bihsūd District (Persian: ولسوالی مرکز بهسود) is one of the districts of Maidan Wardak Province in Afghanistan. It is located less than an hour-drive west of Kabul and south Bamyan. The main town in the district is Behsud. The district has an estimated population of 134,852 people,[2] majority of which are ethnic Hazaras.
The Markazi Behsud is the largest district of Maidan Wardak Province with a number of villages. Most residents of the district are farmers and involved in agriculture.[3] The chief of the district is Abdul Rahman Tawfiq.[4]
The Hesa Awal Behsood District sits to the northeast of this district. Both are strongholds of Hazara militia forces who have engaged in guerrilla warfare with the Taliban and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).[5][6][7][8][9] One of these groups is led by Abdul Ghani Alipur (also known as Commander Shamshir),[10][11] who was a fugitive of the former Afghan government; his followers used a rocket-propelled grenade to shoot down an Mil Mi-17 of the Afghan Air Force on March 18, 2021,[12] which was transporting several members of the Afghan National Police.[13][14][15][16][17][18] All nine ANSF members in the Mi-17 helicopter were killed, including the Afghan pilots.[19][20]
Alipar's militia has continued battling the Taliban after it seized power in August 2021. As of September 2021,[update] sporadic clashes were taking place between the militia and the Taliban.[21]
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^"Military general warns against Alipur and his militias". Khaama Press. March 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20. Sami Sadat, commander of the 215th Maiwand Corps said security forces will target Alipur, his militancy, and his supporters in Behsud, Kabul, and other areas of Afghanistan.
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^"Saleh Vows Action against Those Behind Behsud Incident". TOLOnews. March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^"Afghanistan: Nine killed in military helicopter crash". DW News. March 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
^"Local militia shot down army chopper: Afghanistan". Anadolu Agency. March 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
^"MoD calls for 'vengeance' following the attack on ANA helicopter". Khaama Press. March 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
^"MoD: Army Helicopter in Behsud Downed by Alipoor". TOLOnews. March 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
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^"Mi-17 helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan, 9 killed". India Today. March 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
^"Nine die as Afghan military chopper shot down in militia stronghold". Arab News. March 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
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