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− | '''Kabul''' (käbool, kbool), capital and largest city of [[Capital Of::Directory:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] with population of [[Population:=1780000|1,780,000]] (1999/2000 UN est.), is an economic and cultural center and strategically situated in a narrow valley along the Kabul River high in the mountains before the Khyber Pass. Kabul is linked with the Tajikistan border via a tunnel under the Hindu Kush Mountains. Its main products include ordnance[?], cloth, furniture, and beet sugar[?], though continual warfare since 1979 has limited the economic productivity of the city. | + | __NOTOC__ |
| + | '''Kabul''' (käbool, kbool), capital and largest city of [[Capital Of::Directory:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] with population of [[Population:=1780000|1,780,000]] (1999/2000 UN est.), is an economic and cultural center and strategically situated in a narrow valley along the Kabul River high in the mountains before the Khyber Pass. Kabul is linked with the Tajikistan border via a tunnel under the Hindu Kush Mountains. Its main products include ordnance, cloth, furniture, and beet sugar, though continual warfare since 1979 has limited the economic productivity of the city. |
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− | The old section of Kabul is filled with bazaars nestled along its narrow, crooked streets. Kabul has a university, established in 1931, and a number of colleges. Cultural sites include a very good museum, Babur's tomb and gardens, the mausoleum of Nadir Shah, the Minar-i-Istiklal[?] (column of independence) built in 1919 after the Third Afghan War[?], the tomb of Timur Shah[?], and some important mosques. Bala Hissar[?], a fort destroyed in retaliation for the death of their envoy by the British in 1879, was restored as a military college. Outside the city proper is a citadel and the royal palace. | + | The old section of Kabul is filled with bazaars nestled along its narrow, crooked streets. Kabul has a university, established in 1931, and a number of colleges. Cultural sites include a very good museum, Babur's tomb and gardens, the mausoleum of Nadir Shah, the Minar-i-Istiklal (column of independence) built in 1919 after the Third Afghan War, the tomb of Timur Shah, and some important mosques. Bala Hissar, a fort destroyed in retaliation for the death of their envoy by the British in 1879, was restored as a military college. Outside the city proper is a citadel and the royal palace. |
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| '''History''' | | '''History''' |
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| The Taliban abandoned the city on November 12, 2001 and it came under the control of the Northern Alliance. | | The Taliban abandoned the city on November 12, 2001 and it came under the control of the Northern Alliance. |
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| [[Category:City]] | | [[Category:City]] |