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'''Kabul''' (käbool, kbool), capital and largest city of [[Capital Of::Directory:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] with population of [[Population:=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.

'''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.

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.

History

'''History'''

The history of Kabul is one of continual destruction and rebuilding, for well over three thousand years. It was taken by the Arabs in the 7th century, and made into a capital by Babur (1504-26) and subsequent Mughal rulers. Nadir Shah of Persia captured it in 1738, and it became Afghanistan's capital in 1773.

The history of Kabul is one of continual destruction and rebuilding, for well over three thousand years. It was taken by the Arabs in the 7th century, and made into a capital by Babur (1504-26) and subsequent Mughal rulers. Nadir Shah of Persia captured it in 1738, and it became Afghanistan's capital in 1773.