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Herat

[ he-raht ]

noun

  1. a city in NW Afghanistan.


Herat

/ hɛˈræt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Afghanistan, on the Hari Rud River: on the site of several ancient cities; at its height as a cultural centre in the 15th century. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

When the Taliban captured the city of Herat on August 12, Yasin and his colleagues speculated that it wouldn’t be long before the Taliban’s invading forces took over their own city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Women in Herat started anti-Taliban protests in the city in support of their right to work.

In late April, Nadia fled her native Zendeh Jan district in western Afghanistan near the border with Iran, banking on anonymity in the bustling provincial capital city of Herat, where she now rents a house.

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The number of girls registered to take the kankor, the annual university entrance exam in May, dropped in parts of Herat compared to the past, warn local officials from the province.

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Melina, a recent high school graduate in Herat’s Obe district, a far-flung, mountainous area captured by the Taliban from the Afghan government in June, says she barely managed to complete her own education this past year.

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One of the goals of the Herat operation was to discredit Sharif, who has no control over the ISI or the Pakistani army.

The U.S. should step up intelligence cooperation with India to prevent and deter attacks such as the ones in Mumbai and Herat.

Shibirghan lies between the largest city in the north, Mazar-e Sharif, to the east and the largest city in the west, Herat.

In Herat I paid my respects to the grave of Dost Mohammad Khan at the Sufi shrine of Gaza Gagh.

The professor noted his Herat University students did not want U.S. troops to stay longer than necessary.

The conditions, however, were rejected, and it was evident that the shah would only be satisfied with the sovereignty of Herat.

On hearing of the raising of the siege of Herat, the intentions of the Indian government were in some degree modified.

A treaty of peace was presently concluded in which all claim to Herat was abandoned by Chinese war ships sank Persia.

A map was produced, on which the country to the north of Herat was carefully examined, and Russia's claims were made known to him.

There can be little doubt that this is Kuhsan (or Kusan), one of the most important towns of the Herat valley.

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