Official Name: | Bala Buluk |
Native Name: | بالا بلوک |
Native Name Lang: | pa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 32.6989°N 62.73°W |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Farah |
Parts Type: | Occupation |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Taliban |
Population Total: | 100,429 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Bala Buluk is a district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is approximately 95% Pashtun and 5% Tajik, was estimated at 100,429 in December 2004.[1]
In May 2009, an American airstrike in the village of Granai in Bala Buluk District occurred that killed many civilians. American authorities investigated the incident. According to The New York Times, the villagers say that 147 were killed, an independent Afghan human rights group says 117 were killed, but the American authorities are skeptical that even 100 were killed. As with all American airstrikes in Afghanistan at the time, it was intended against the Taliban. However, in this instance villagers say that the Taliban had left by the time the airstrike occurred.[2]