Kabul

American  

[kah-bool, -buhl, kuh-bool] / ˈkɑ bʊl, -bəl, kəˈbul /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.

2. a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 miles (580 km) long.

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Kabul British  

/ ˈkɑːbəl, kəˈbʊl /

noun

1. the capital of Afghanistan, in the northeast of the country at an altitude of 1800 m (5900 ft) on the Kabul River : over 3000 years old, with a strategic position commanding passes through the Hindu Kush and main routes to the Khyber Pass; destroyed and rebuilt many times; capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 until 1738 and of Afghanistan from 1773; university (1932). Pop: 3 288 000 (2005 est)

2. a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing east into the Indus at Attock, Pakistan. Length: 700 km (435 miles)

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Kabul Cultural  

1. Capital of Afghanistan and largest city in the country, located in eastern Afghanistan.

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Strategically situated in a high, narrow valley wedged between two mountain ranges, it is near the main approaches to the Khyber Pass, an old trade and invasion route.

Example Sentences

Pakistan, however, denied Afghan claims that its latest attack on Kabul targeted civilians, instead insisting that it carried out precision strikes on "military installations and terrorist support infrastructure".

From Barron's

Pakistan's information ministry denied targeting the centre, saying it had struck military installations and what it called "terrorist support infrastructure" in Kabul and the eastern Afghan province of Nangahar.

From BBC

An AFP team in the Guzar area of Kabul saw one destroyed house and around a dozen others that were badly damaged, with collapsed roofs and walls.

From Barron's

I moved to Dubai in 2015, after a few years in Kabul, as the Journal’s bureau chief there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pakistani fighter jets also flew nighttime sorties over Kabul, another security source told AFP.

From Barron's