Kandahar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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We meet in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the real seat of power.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Kandahar, home of the supreme leader, medical student Sanaullah Yousufzai said the rule had improved relations between teachers and students.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In Ghazni province, located between the capital Kabul and the seat of the supreme leader, Kandahar, government employees started signing off from their smartphones on Tuesday evening.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 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
“He is a friend of a business acquaintance of your father’s. He’s a Pashtun, from Kandahar originally, but he lives in Kabul, in the Deh-Mazang district, in a two-story house that he owns.”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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