Guldara District is located in the northwestern part of Kabul Province

Kabul Province

Kābul , situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. It has a population of 10,000 people, including new returnees (2002 official UNHCR est.). Around 50% are Tajiks and 50% Pashtuns.

Guldara district borders Parvan Province

Parvan Province

Parwān , also spelled Parvān, once also the name of an ancient town in the Hindu Kush mountains, is today an administrative province in northern Afghanistan, directly north of Kabul Province...

 to the west, Istalif District

Istalif District

Istalif District is located in the northwestern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 8,500 , a mixture of Tajiks, Pashtuns and Hazaras....

 to the north, Qarabagh, Kalakan

Kalakan District

Kalakan District is located in the northern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It borders Guldara District to the west, Qarabagh District to the north, Dih Sabz District to the east and Mir Bacha Kot District to the south. The population is 26,800 . The center is the village of Kalakan, situated...

 and Mir Bacha Kot

Mir Bacha Kot District

Mir Bacha Kot District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 5,000 and another 37,000 are expected to return in the near future...

 districts to the east, and Shakardara District

Shakardara District

Shakardara District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 63,000 people, with another 10,000 expected to return from abroad...

 to the south. Its headquarter is Guldara

Guldara

Guldara is a village and the center of Guldara District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 1722 m altitude, 45 km North of Kabul. The village was almost fully destroyed and now is continuing the process of rehabilitation. A new clinic has been opened...

, which is a village in the northeastern part of the district. Guldara District was part of Shakardara District until Burhanuddin Rabbani

Burhanuddin Rabbani

Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani was President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was...

's government. Almost the whole district is destroyed. It is small district with isolated villages. The main villages near the main road to Kabul are destroyed.