Kandahar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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There was fierce fighting along the frontier during that conflict and unprecedented Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, including the capital and southern Kandahar where the Afghan Taliban's supreme leader is based.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
An AFP reporter in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, where Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based, said he heard jets overhead.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
A spokesman for the Taliban government in Afghanistan said Pakistan had carried out airstrikes in parts of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, a southeastern province that borders Pakistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
At the same time, Akhundzada was moving key departments to Kandahar - including distribution of weapons, which had previously come under the control of his former deputies Haqqani and Yaqoob.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
She was unaccustomed to the Kabuli dialect of his Farsi, and to the underlying layer of Pashto accent, the language of his native Kandahar.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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