Kabul–Kandahar Highway
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The Kabul–Kandahar Highway is a 483 km two-lane and in some areas a four-lane road that links Afghanistan's two largest cities, Kabul and Kandahar. It starts from Dashte Barchi in Kabul and passes thr
Kabul-Kandahar Highway at Saydabad District of Maidan Wardak Province in 2010
Prime minister Mohammad Daoud Khan at the opening
Exhibits showing construction details
Opening ceremony
Ghazni
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Ghazni, historically known as Ghaznayn or Ghazna, also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana, is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Ghazni P
Kabul–Kandahar Highway
…road that links Afghanistan's two largest cities, Kabul and Kandahar. It starts from Dashte Barchi in Kabul and passes through Maidan Shar, Saydabad, Ghazni, and Qalat before reaching Ayno Maina in Kandahar. It is currently being rehabilitated at four different locations, between Kabul and Ghazni. This…
Citadel of Ghazni, seen from Tapa Sardar
A 19th-century artwork by James Atkinson showing Ghazni's citadel and the Ghazni Minarets, which were built by Mas'ud III and Bahram-Shah during the Ghaznavid era (963–1187)
Timurid conqueror Babur at Ghazni
Artwork by James Rattray showing the Citadel of Ghazni and other historical sites, during the First Anglo-Afghan War