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Apr 17, 2024 · Kandahar, city in south-central Afghanistan. It is southern Afghanistan’s chief commercial center, situated at the junction of highways from Kabul, Herat, and Quetta (Pakistan). It was the headquarters of the Taliban in the mid-1990s. After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, it became a base for U.S. military strikes.
Kandahār ( Pashto: کندهار; Kandahār, Dari: قندهار; Qandahār) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzgan in the north and Zabul Province in the east.
Kandahar ( Pashto: کندهار) is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan. Kandahar is also the second largest city in Afghanistan after the capital Kabul, and was the first capital of the modern state of Afghanistan in the 18th century. Understand. Night view of a section of Kandahar.
Aug 14, 2021 · Kandahar’s fall to the Taliban is a moment of huge significance. Afghanistan’s second city was the capital of the jihadist group until 2001 and has vital strategic and symbolic importance....
Aug 14, 2021 · (AFP/Getty Images) By Laura King Staff Writer. Aug. 13, 2021 5:08 PM PT. The Taliban’s dramatic recapture early Friday of Kandahar — the group’s birthplace and onetime redoubt of its late...
Aug 13, 2021 · Aug 13 (Reuters) - Kandahar, the southern city which fell to the Taliban on Thursday, is Afghanistan's second largest city, a major economic hub and one of the keys to overall control of the...
Aug 12, 2021 · By Scott Reinhard. Kandahar, in particular, is a huge prize for the Taliban. It is the economic hub of southern Afghanistan, and it was the birthplace of the insurgency in the 1990s, serving as...
