 According to the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA)’s annual survey book, the district had approximately 57,870 people in 2018-19.In July 2019, a 203rd "Thunder" Corps airstrike killed 15 Taliban militants in Nirk District, including Qari Syed Agha, a commander of the Haqqani terrorist network who was based in Zaiwalat in Jalrez District.Jalrez District is situated in the central-east part of the country in Maidan Wardak Province, with the district town of Jalrez lying by road southwest of the centre of Kabul.