GIRISHK, a village and fort in Afghanistan, on the right bank of the Helmund 78 m. W. of Kandahar on the road to Herat ; 3,641 ft. above the sea. The fort is the residence of the governor of the district (Pusht-i-Rud). It commands the fords of the Helmund and the road to Seistan, from which it is about 190 m. distant; and it is the centre of a rich agricultural district. Girishk was occupied by the British during the first Afghan War; and a small garrison under a native officer, successfully withstood a siege of nine months. The Dasht-i-Bakwa, a level plain of con siderable width, stretches beyond Girishk towards Farah.