Kābul (Pashto: کابل Kābəl, Persian: کابل Kābol), is the capital of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan also the largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan. According to a 2012 estimate, the population of the city was around 3,289,000, which includes all the major ethnic groups. It is the 64th largest and the 5th fastest growing city in the world.
Kabul is over 3,500 years old and many empires have controlled the city which is at a strategic location along the trade routes of South and Central Asia. It has been ruled by the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Mauryans, Kushans, Kabul Shahis, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, and Ghurids. Later it was controlled by the Mughal Empire until finally becoming part of the Durrani Empire with help from the Afsharid dynasty.During the Soviet war in Afghanistan the city continued to be an economic center and was relatively safe. Between 1992 and 1996, a civil war between militant groups devastated Kabul and caused the deaths of thousands of civilians, serious damage to infrastructure, and an exodus of refugees. Since the Taliban's fall from power in November 2001, the Afghan government and other countries have attempted to rebuild the city, although the Taliban insurgents have slowed the re-construction efforts and staged major attacks against the government, the NATO-led forces, foreign diplomats and Afghan civilians.
Country Afghanistan
Province Kabul
No. of districts 18
Government
• Mayor Muhammad Yunus Nawandish
Area
• Metropolis 275 km2 (106 sq mi)
• Metro 425 km2 (164 sq mi)
Elevation 1,791 m (5,876 ft)
Population (2013)
• Urban 3,476,000 (March 2,013)[1]
• Metro 3,319,794
• Demonym Kabuli
Time zone Afghanistan Standard Time (UTC+4:30)
Area code(s) (+93) 20
Overview of a section of Kabul City
Kushan Empire
The Islamic conquest of Afghanistan began from Herat, which was one of the important cities of Khorasan, and made its way to Kabul in the late 600's.
Humayun with his father Babur, emperors of the Mughal Empire
Shujah Shah Durrani, the last Durrani King, sitting at his court inside the Bala Hissar.
Afghan men and women in the 1920s.
Men and women entering a public transport bus in the 1950s.
The day after the April 1978 Saur Revolution
A section of Kabul during the war in 1993.
Taliban religious police beating a woman in Kabul, which was filmed by RAWA on August 26, 2001.
In 2011 ANP officers conduct routine vehicle inspections at Freedom Circle in the heart of downtown Kabul.
A family park in the Bibi Mahro neighborhood
Young Afghan men and women at a rock music festival inside the gardens of Babur.
A commercial area in the city
Kabul Medical University
Hamid Karzai International Airport (Kabul International Airport)
Ghazi Stadium
National Museum of Afghanistan
National Gallery of Afghanistan
Inter-Continental
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