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![Northern Alliance security forces entering Kabul on the morning of Nov. 13, 2001.
[Shah Marai—AFP/Getty Images]](/web/20100726224554im_/https://www.britannica.com/static/bps-static-content/20100720-1326/images/darwin/shared/spacer_htc.gif "Northern Alliance security forces entering Kabul on the morning of Nov. 13, 2001.
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Northern Alliance security forces entering Kabul on the morning of Nov. 13, 2001.[Credit: Shah Marai—AFP/Getty Images]
An Afghan family looking down at Kabul as thousands gather at the Sakhy Shrine to celebrate the New …[Credit: David Guttenfelder/AP]
A performance of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, Kabul, 2005.[Credit: Tomas Munita/AP]
Ministry of Public Health worker administering water-purifying tablets in Kabul, 2005.[Credit: Tomas Munita/AP]
Soviet paratroopers rolling through Kabul, Afghanistan, in armoured combat vehicles, 1986.[Credit: U.S. Department of Defense]
The first Afghan fashion show in years—held in a hotel in Kabul on July 8—featured this …[Credit: Ahmad Masood—Reuters/Landov]
capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It lies along the Kābul River at an elevation of about 5,900 feet (1,800 metres) in the east-central part of the country. The nation’s cultural and economic centre, the city lies in a triangular valley between the two steep Asmai and Sherdawaza mountain ranges. Roads connect it with most other areas of Afghanistan, with Uzbekistan to the north, and with Pakistan to the east.
Kabul has existed for some 3,500 years. It is mentioned in the Rigveda (collection of Indian sacred hymns; c. 1500 bc), and Ptolemy, the Alexandrian ... (100 of 578 words)
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Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan, a country in Central Asia. It is Afghanistan’s largest city and center of economy. The city’s economy, however, was hurt by many years of war.
The capital and largest city of Afghanistan, Kabul is the nation’s leading cultural and economic center. The ancient city lies on the Kabul River in a triangular-shaped valley between the steep Asmai and Sherdawaza mountain ranges.
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