Kabul
Americannoun
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a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.
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a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 miles (580 km) long.
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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)
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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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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.
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She first began studying at Kabul University, but as the Taliban forces approached the city, she left.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The final planes leave Kabul on Aug. 30, carrying more than 124,000 people out of Afghanistan—but thousands of Afghan allies remain behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"If there is no treatment, and we are not able to act fast, that one million number are at risk of dying," he told a media briefing in Geneva from Kabul.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the capital Kabul, we meet another senior Taliban figure who swapped a violent past for a role with the ruling administration.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
At the Lahore Gate bus station, near Pol Mahmood Khan in East Kabul, a row of buses sat idling along the curbside.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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