Alingar District is located approximately 27 km from Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of
Laghman Province and borders with
Alishing and
Dawlat Shah districts to the West,
Nuristan Province to the North,
Kunar and
Nangarhar provinces to the East and
Qarghayi and
Mihtarlam districts to the South.It has about 60 villages located in four main valleys. The population is 85,600 (2006) - 70% of them
Pashtun, 20%
Pashai and 5%
Tajik. The district center is the village of
'Shahi, located on at 915 m altitude. in the valley of the
Alingar River, which crosses the district and is the main source of irrigation. The security situation is reported to be relatively stable, although there are some private disputes. The district is reported free of mines.