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.

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Kabul

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

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

In the years since their fighters swept into Kabul on 15 August 2021, they've grown in confidence and consolidated control despite intermittent attacks by armed opposition groups based abroad, as well as Islamic State fighters.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

"I will never give up... I learned from this journey that sadness doesn't bring anything," she told an AFP journalist in Kabul by phone.

From Barron's

In their rush to leave Kabul, she’d left it behind.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai