Herat
Americannoun
noun
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Jamshidi has family members, including his brother—who worked in a high-risk post as a security guard for the U.S. consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, for years—his sister-in-law, niece and nephew stuck in Camp As Sayliyah.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
He returned to his parents’ home in Herat to recover.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
They were ordered to report to the Taliban's "morality police" on Sunday, and presented themselves for questioning in Herat the following day.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
"They were promoting foreign culture and imitating film actors in Herat," Khyber wrote on social media, adding that they had undergone a "rehabilitation programme".
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
She believed Jalil’s version, that though he’d been away he’d arranged for Nana to be taken to a hospital in Herat where she had been tended to by a doctor.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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