Kandahar
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Kandahar is a city in southern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Kandahar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Kandahar District and has an estimated population of 732,629
Aerial view of a section of Kandahar in 2013
Kandahar University Mosque 2005
Mosque in Kandahar 2011
Mausoleum of Baba Wali in Kandahar
Taliban
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The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the ruling government and r
Kandahar
…by the British in the 19th century, the Soviets in the 1980s, and recently by NATO forces. Kandahar is the founding city and spiritual center of the Taliban. Despite the nation's capital being Kabul, where all government ministries and institutions are based, Kandahar is the seat of power in Afghanistan as…
President Ronald Reagan meeting with Afghan Mujahideen leaders in the Oval Office in 1983
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Taller Buddha in 1963 and in 2008 after destruction
November 1999 public execution in Kabul of a mother of five who was found guilty of killing her husband with an axe while he slept