of usage Basic info name Kabul native name settlement type City images and maps image ... so that the width of the row lines up with the others File Atlas Air flying off from Kabul Airport in 2010.jpg 150px Kabul International Airport File Abdul Rahman Mosque in March 2010.jpg 150px ... 150px Bagh e Babur Babur Gardens br File A view from Kabul InterContinental.jpg 150px Hotel Inter Continental Kabul Inter Continental Hotel File Serena Hotel in Kabul.jpg 150px Serena Hotels Serena Hotel br File National museum of Afghanistan.jpg 150px National Museum of Afghanistan National Museum ... image caption Some notable places in Kabul image flag flag size image seal seal size image ... Afghanistan subdivision type1 Provinces of Afghanistan Province subdivision name1 Kabul Province Kabul ..., Post code, Postal code... postal code area code website footnotes Kabul IPAc en icon k ... Review, November 20, 2002 , http www.merriam webster.com dictionary kabul Merriam Webster Kabul ... in Afghanistan largest city of Afghanistan . It is also the capital of Kabul Province , located in the eastern section of Afghanistan . According to latest estimates, the population of the Kabul metropolitan ... mountains along the Kabul River . It is linked with Kandahar , Herat and Mazar e Sharif via the circular ... road to Jalalabad and further to Peshawar , Pakistan. The Kabul International Airport is located ... Airfield is about convert 40 km mi northeast of Kabul. ref http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,528003,00.html Rocket Attack on U.S. Base in Afghanistan Kills 2 Troops, Wounds 6 Americans ref Kabul ... in late 2001 there have been some progress made. Kabul is over 3,500 years old many empires ... An Historical Guide to Kabul The Story of Kabul author Nancy Hatch Dupree A mad Al Kuhz d publisher American International School of Kabul year 1972 accessdate 2010 09 18 ref Between 1504 and 1526 ... Empire. ref name Brit Kabul cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 309320 Kabul title ... more details
Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan . The name Kabul may also refer to Kabul Province , the province of Afghanistan where the city of Kabul is situated Kabul River classically called the Cophes , the main river in the eastern part of Afghanistan Kabul, Israel , a local council in the North District of Israel geodis de Kabul Begriffskl rung el fr Kaboul homonymie id Kabul he nl Kabul no Kabul andre betydninger pl Kabul ujednoznacznienie ru sk K bul rozli ovacia str nka ... more details
For the capital city of Afghanistan Kabul Geobox Province country Afghanistan country flag true name Kabul native name map Afghanistan Kabul.png map caption Map of Afghanistan with Kabul highlighted capital Kabul capital lat d 34.00 capital long d 69.00 coordinates type region AF type adm1st population ... List of governors of Kabul Governor leader Ahmadullah Alizai area 4462 timezone UTC 4 30 free type ... four provinces of Afghanistan . The capital of the province is KabulKabul City , which is also Afghanistan s capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, ref name CSO ... 2009 10 ref of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas. ref name MRRD Kabul Provincial ..., Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, http www.mrrd nabdp.org Provincial 20Profiles Kabul 20PDP 20Provincial 20profile.pdf ref The List of governors of Kabul current governor of the province is Ahmadullah ... See Geography of Afghanistan File Mountains of Kabul.jpg thumb left KabulKabul City , situated 5,900 ft above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains. Kabul is located ... sea level, which makes it one of the world s highest capital cities. Kabul is strategically situated .... One million years ago the Kabul region was surrounded from south east between Logar Province Lowgar ... are the evidence of that time. Kabul is surrounded by Koh e Paghman Mountain from the east, Koh e Qrough Mountain from the south west and Koh e Shirdarwaza Mountain from the north east. Kabul has only one river which is called Kabul River . Kabul River rises at the Paghman Mountain toward South Pass about convert 70 km mi abbr on west of Kabul. It flows in an easterly direction, past Kabul, and through ... and finally runs into the Indus at Attock . The climate within region of Kabul is considered to be Desert ... May to November, Kabul can be very dry and dusty. Extreme temperature changes occur from night to day .... History See History of Afghanistan Kabul s history dates back more than 3,000 years. It was once the center ... more details
Battle of Kabul may refer to The Battle of Kabul 709 , during the Muslim conquests The Battle of Kabul 1842 August to October, 1842 , during the First Anglo Afghan War The Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment December 1879 , during the First Anglo Afghan War The Sieges of Kabul a series of intermittent fighting and sieges in the period between the Soviet withdrawal from 1989 until the Taliban took control of the city in 1996 The Fall of Kabul , when captured by Northern Alliance forces supported by American air power disambig vi Tr n Kabul ... more details
unreferenced date May 2008 The Kabul Times , established in 1962 , was the first English language printed newspaper in Afghanistan . Following the 1978 coup, the Kabul Times was renamed New Kabul Times , and began to print Communist rhetoric that was reminiscent of days during the Cold War and was highly confrontative to the Western culture. As of 2002 , the Kabul Times is a daily paper that is in circulation in Afghanistan. External links http www.timesofkabul.com ?page id 2 Times of Kabul Afghanistan newspaper stub Afghanistan stub DRA topics Category Newspapers published in Afghanistan Category English language newspapers Category Media in Kabul Category Publications established in 1962 de Kabul Times no Kabul Times tr Kabul Times ... more details
Infobox district name Kabul District native name native name lang settlement type Districts of Afghanistan District image skyline image alt image caption image map Afghanistan Kabul Province Kabul District.png map alt map caption Location in Kabul Province coordinates region AF subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Afghanistan subdivision type1 Provinces of Afghanistan Province subdivision name1 Kabul Province established title established date founder seat type Capital political Capital seat Kabul government footnotes leader party leader title leader name unit pref area footnotes area total km2 area note elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total population as of population density km2 auto population demonym population note blank name sec1 blank info sec1 timezone1 Afghanistan Standard Time AST utc offset1 04 30 postal code type postal code area code type area code iso code website footnotes Kabul District is a district of Kabul Province , Afghanistan . The seta lies at Kabul . Kabul Province coord missing Afghanistan Category Districts of Kabul Province fa ms Daerah Kabul tr K bil il esi ... more details
The Kabul Weekly was the most widely distributed newspaper in Afghanistan , both in Kabul the center and the provinces. It has ceased publication in 2011, with the sudden announcement printed on the front page of the last issue. Quote from the last issue While this is a column, I wanted to share with readers on the front page my decision to close down the Kabul Weekly. , Faheem Dashty, 30. of January 2011. It was first started in 1991 , but was closed after it published an article accusing the Mujahideen government in 1994 . The newspaper restarted its circulation immediately after the fall of the Taliban and since has been the main newspaper read by the population of Afghanistan. The Kabul Weekly is published once a week on Wednesday in English, Dari Afghanistan Dari Persian language Persian and Pushtu language Pashto . It has a circulation of 10,000. It is one of only newspaper in Afghanistan that carries considerable English language material another is http www.outlookafghanistan.net Daily Outlook Afghanistan and so it enjoys readership made up both of locals and foreigners. Kabul is an independent newspaper that covers most of the provinces. It gives more than a paper to the readers. It strictly follows the journalism ethics, supported by a team of Afghan and foreign staff. The paper is self funded and pays its expenses through its advertisement revenues. External links Kabul Weekly http www.kw.af index.php Kabul Weekly website Persian http www.kw.af english index.php Kabul Weekly website English Category Newspapers published in Afghanistan Category Pashto language newspapers Category Persian language newspapers Category Media in Kabul Category Publications established in 1991 Afghanistan newspaper stub Afghanistan stub de Kabul Weekly fa fr Kabul Weekly no Kabul Weekly pl Kabul Weekly fi Kabul Weekly ... more details
, p. 2. Peshawar Museum Publications New Series, Peshawar. ref The Shahis of Kabul Gandhara are generally ... Infobox Former Country native name br lang inc Latn Kabul Shahi conventional long name Kabul Shahi common name Kabul Shahi continent Asia region hmh country era Middle Kingdoms of India Classical ... caption capital Kabul , later Hund common languages Devanagari br Sanskrit religion Hinduism br Buddhism ... of Gandhara , p. 1. Peshawar Museum Publications New Series, Peshawar. ref ref name EB Shahi Family ... as Kabul Shahi Kabul sh h n or Ratb l sh h n in Persian language Persian between 565 and 879 ref name Kohzad, Ahmad Ali 1944 Kohzad, Ahmad Ali, Kabul Sh h ni Berahman , 1944, Kabul ref Common Era CE when they had Kapisa and Kabul as their capitals, and later as Hindu Shahi ... origins Image SpalapatiDeva.jpg thumb 250px left Coin of Shahi Kings of Kabul & Gandhara Spalapati ... thumb 250px left Coin of Shahi Kings of Kabul & Gandhara Samanta Deva, circa AD 850 1000. br Obv Rider ... history of the Kabul Shahi rulers ref The Pathans, 1958, p 108, 109, Olaf Caroe. ref state that the Hindu kings residing in Kabul were Turks said to be of Tibetan people Tibetan origin that the first of them was a Barahatakin founder of the dynasty , who came from Tibet into the country Kabul ... of Shahiya of Kabul the rule remained among his descendants for allegedly about sixty generations ... accounts recorded by Alberuni connect the earlier Shahis of Kabul Kapisa to Turkish extraction ... in a narrow cave in Kabul area and here is given a strange legend which we omit . One can easily ... that the first dynasty of Kabul was Turki is plainly based on the vulgar tradition, which Alberuni ... Shahis were a cadet branch of the Kushanas who ruled both over Kabul and Gandhara until the rise of the Saffarids . H. M. Elliot relates the early Kabul Shahis to the Kators and further connects the Kators with the Kushanas. Charles Fredrick Oldham also traces the Kabul Shahi lineage to the Kators ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 The Kabul government is a phrase used to describe the current government of Afghanistan , led by Hamid Karzai . This phrase is used to emphasis how it is not a national government, but only controls the capital Kabul and the immediate surrounding areas, while the rest of the country remains in control of the Taliban and local warlord s. Thus, this may be considered a pejorative term. Category Politics of Afghanistan ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 Kabul Library is one of Afghanistan s oldest and largest libraries, located in the capital Kabul . It includes books in many languages and topics including a vast majority in Dari Persian Persian , Pashto language Pashto and Arabic language Arabic . The library was built by king Amanullah Khan . It still exists today and is open to public. Most of the books are imported from Iran and they are in the Persian language. Coord missing Afghanistan Kabul Province Category Government of Afghanistan Category Buildings and structures in Kabul Category Libraries in Afghanistan Afghanistan struct stub Library struct stub ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 File 1950s Afghanistan Radio Kabul control room.jpg thumb Central control panel at Radio Kabul transmitter in the 1950s. Transmitter can be heard as far distant as South Africa and Indonesia . Radio Kabul is the official radio station of Afghanistan . The name Radio Kabul has been given to many different incarnations of the state run radio station since the first radio transmitters were installed in Kabul in the 1920s. In 1925, a 200 watt Russian transmitter operating at Amplitude modulation AM 833 kHz was installed in Kabul Palace by King Am null h Kh n Amanullah Khan . This transmitter was destroyed in the 1929 uprising against the king. The transmitter was replaced in 1931 by the new king Mohammed Nadir Shah , and was upgraded in 1940 when a new 20 kilowatt transmitter was installed in its place, operating at 600 kHz. This is generally considered the official birth of Radio Kabul. Programs were broadcast in Pashto language Pashto , Persian language Dari Persian , Standard Hindi Hindi , English language English , and French language French . Throughout the modern history of Afghanistan, the radio has been controlled by and renamed by the currently ruling ... . During times of relative peace in the 1960s and 70s, Radio Kabul hosted a whole generation of traditional ... the radio station. After the Soviet Union installed a puppet government in 1979, Radio Kabul was controlled ... gained control of Kabul. In 1996, when the Taliban gained control of Kabul, the station s name was changed ... of the radio archives, which contained irreplaceable tapes of Radio Kabul music and political programs ... of the Radio Kabul building by American bombs during the War in Afghanistan 2001 present U.S. invasion ... 1979482.stm Kabul s radio treasure trove BBC Online ref After the Taliban were driven from power, Radio Kabul resumed its music and political programs. References Reflist See also Music of Afghanistan ... Category Media in Kabul de Radio Kabul es Radio Kabul id Radio Kabul it Radio Kabul ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Kabul Type studio Artist Muslimgauze Commented out because image was deleted Cover MuslimgauzeKabulVinylAlbumCover.jpg Released 1983 Recorded Genre Length Label Product Kinematograph br small PKR 1 small Producer Bryn Jones Reviews Last album Hammer & Sickle Muslimgauze 7 vinyl Hammer & Sickle br 1983 This album Kabul br 1983 Next album Opaques br 1983 Kabul is the second release, and first full length album, by Muslimgauze . Track listing Side A Kaaba 2 06 Icon Screen 4 57 Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer 6 14 Turkish Koln 5 29 Melee 3 14 Side B Kabul 13 40 Ex 6 59 DEFAULTSORT Kabul Muslimgauze 12 Vinyl Category 1983 albums Category Muslimgauze albums ... more details
File Kabulriverinjaa.jpg thumb Behsood Bridge on Kabul River, Jalalabad 30 July 2009 File Kabul river bridge 2.jpg thumb Suspension bridge File Kabulriverinjaa1.jpg thumb Kabul River in Behsood Bridge Area, Jalalabad 30 July 2009 File Kabulriverinjaa2.jpg thumb Kabul River in Behsood Bridge Area, Jalalabad 30 July 2009 File Caves on the Kabul River b.jpg thumb Buddhism Buddhist caves, which have been carved into a set of cliffs on the north side of the Kabul river Kabul River lang fa lang ... from the watershed of the Helmand River Helmand by the Unai Pass . It passes through the cities of Kabul ... of the Pak Afghan Border crossing at Torkham . The major tributaries of the Kabul River are the Logar ... and Swat River Swat rivers. The Kabul River is little more than a trickle for most of the year, but swells ... Nurestan Province Nurestan . The Kunar meets the Kabul near Jalalabad. In spite of the Kunar carrying more water than the Kabul, the river continues as the Kabul River after this confluence, mainly for the political and historical significance of the name. The Kabul River is impounded by several dams. The Naghlu Dam Naghlu , Darunta Dam Darunta and Surobi Dam s are located east of Kabul. The Warsak Dam is in Pakistan, approximately 20 km northwest of the city of Peshawar . Kabul River in History ... & conquest of Persia Translated by Mr. Rooke, The River Kabul is referred to as Cophen. ref name ... Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0872207277 accessdate 2009 10 06 ref Cquote Apr 329 Cophen River Kabul River ... . Cquote The Kubha is the modern Kabul river which flows into the Indus a little above Attock and receives ... the Punjab on the borders of the Kubha river the Kowpher in Kabul . The gradual diffusion of these people ... Clifford Edmund Bosworth title Kabul encyclopedia Encyclopaedia of Islam edition CD ROM Edition v. 1.0 publisher Koninklijke Brill NV location Leiden, The Netherlands date 1999 ref The Kabul River later gave its name to the region and eventually to the settlement of Kabul . ref name EI See also ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Fall of Kabul partof the War in Afghanistan 2001 present and the Afghan Civil War image caption date November 13 14, 2001 place Kabul , Afghanistan result Northern Alliance American victory. combatant1 flagicon Afghanistan 1992 United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan Northern Alliance br flagicon United States United States combatant2 flagicon Afghanistan Taliban Taliban commander1 flagicon Afghanistan 1992 Mohammed Fahim br flagicon Afghanistan 1992 Bismillah Khan Mohammadi Bismillah Khan br flagicon United States Tommy Franks commander2 N A strength1 strength2 casualties1 unknown casualties2 unknown Campaignbox Afghan Civil War Campaignbox US war in Afghanistan Fall of Kabul may also refer to the Battle of Kabul 1992 1996 The Fall of Kabul took place in 2001 during the War in Afghanistan 2001 present Afghanistan War . United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan Northern Alliance forces began their attack on the city on November 13, and made swift progress against Taliban forces that were heavily weakened by American and British air strikes. The advance moved ahead of plans, and the next day the Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul and met no resistance inside the city. Taliban forces retreated to Kandahar in the south. ref http www.history.army.mil brochures Afghanistan Operation 20Enduring 20Freedom.htm p14a The United States Army in Afghanistan Operation ENDURING FREEDOM October 2001 March 2003 ref Coupled with the fall of Mazar i Sharif five days earlier, the capture of Kabul was a significant blow to Taliban control of Afghanistan. References reflist battle stub coord missing Afghanistan DEFAULTSORT Fall of Kabul 2001 Category Afghan Civil War Category Conflicts in 2001 Category Battles of the War in Afghanistan 2001 present Category Military operations of the War in Afghanistan 2001 present involving the United States Category 2001 in Afghanistan Category History of Kabul ... more details
Infobox zoo zoo name Kabul Zoo logo logo width image At Kabul Zoo.jpg date opened 1967 location Kabul , Afghanistan coordinates coord 34 30 34 N 69 09 19 E type landmark scale 2500 members area website The Kabul Zoo is located in Kabul , Afghanistan , on the bank of the Kabul River . The director of Kabul Zoo is Aziz Gul Saqeb. History The zoo was inaugurated in 1967 with a focus on Afghan fauna , being very popular with visitors and press. The zoo once had more than 500 animals with about 150,000 visitors coming to see them in 1972. ref citation url http www.izea.net world kabul.htm chapter History of Kabul Zoo title World Zoos publisher International Zoo Educators Association accessdate 2009 05 07 ref The zoo suffered significant damage during the long civil war in Afghanistan the aquarium was damaged by Shell projectile shelling , and combatants took the deer and rabbits for food. ref name Reuters citation periodical Reuters url http www.reuters.com article lifestyleMolt idUSTRE5444XQ20090505 title Afghanistan s only pig quarantined in flu fear date 2009 05 05 accessdate 2009 05 07 ... lifestyle stories.nsf pets story 1B2D5FD5D86DEF1A862576A100112A48?OpenDocument Kabul Zoo provides ... Guide to Kabul chapter What to see series Bradt Travel Guides first Dominic last Medley first2 ... to Kabul until conditions improve. ref citation periodical Christian Science Monitor date 2005 ... at the Kabul Zoo the humans ref The North Carolina Zoo in the United States has funded and supervised many projects at the Kabul Zoo, including improvements to housing of the animals such as climbing ... 07 publisher North Carolina Zoo Society title Update on the Kabul Zoo Story first David M. last Jones ref David Jones, director of the North Carolina Zoo is currently trying to help send Kabul Zoo staff to India for training. ref name LAT References Reflist Zoos Category Kabul Category Zoos in Afghanistan de Kabuler Zoo es Zool gico de Kabul tr Kabil Hayvanat Bah esi ... more details
Infobox film name Christmas in Kabul image image size alt caption director Geoff D Eon producer writer Paul Mather br Rick Mercer narrator starring music cinematography editing studio distributor released 2003 start date YYYY MM DD runtime country Canada language English budget gross preceded by followed by Christmas in Kabul is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC Christmas special about comedian Rick Mercer going to Afghanistan to bring Christmas cheer to the Canada Canadian troops stationed outside Kabul . Music stars Damhnait Doyle , Kevin Fox and Tom Cochrane accompanied Mercer to Camp Julien , where many of the troops live in large tents. It originally aired December 21, 2003, on CBC. External links imdb title 0400299 Category 2003 films Category Christmas television specials Category Kabul Category Canadian television specials Category Canadian comedy films Category Films about Afghanistan ... more details
Taxobox name Kabul Markhor status EN trend unknown status system iucn2.3 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Caprinae genus Capra genus Capra species Capra falconeri C. falconeri subspecies C. f. megaceros trinomial Capra falconeri megaceros trinomial authority Hutton, 1842 The Kabul Markhor or Straight horned Markhor Capra falconeri megaceros is an endangered goat antelope native to Afghanistan and Pakistan within Pakistan it is the Provincial animal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . See also Markhor eventoedungulate stub Category Capra Category Flora and fauna of North West Frontier Province Category Mammals of Pakistan simple Kabul Markhor ... more details
footnotes Image Sorobi tree.jpg thumb left Image Sorobi waterside.jpg thumb left Kabul River The town of Surobi is the center of Surobi District Kabul Surobi District , between Kabul and Jalalabad , in Kabul ... of the Kabul River East from Kabul on the road to Jalalabad . The population is more than 22,000 ... 09 07 quote ref Surobi is the only district in the Kabul province that will not yet be part of ISAF ... Populated places in Kabul Province Kabul geo stub Kabul Province fr Saroubi ... more details
unreferenced date July 2011 Khar bat is a neighbourhood in Kabul , Afghanistan . It is a historic area near Hinduguzar , the quarter of Hindu s and Sikh s . It has long accommodated musicians. Khar bat has educated many famous musicians of Afghanistan in the Indian Patiali school. Musical heritage The quarter resembles a large Patiala school of Persian and Hindustani language Hindustani . Here music and singing are passed on from one generation to the next. In Kharabat and surrounding neighbourhoods there exist various workshops where typical Indo Persian music instruments are made. Important Afghan musicians were born there, as well as the songs of the Indian Dari poets Ustad Qasem Jo , Ustad Natu , Rahim Bakhsh , and Mohammad Omer , master of the Rubab instrument rubab . During the time of Ali Shir Khan , it became a centre of art and music and home to many great artists such as Father Ustad Qasem Jo and the predecessor of Mohammad Hussain Sarahang . War and rebuilding During the rule of the Taliban , many musicians emigrated. Much of Kabul was destroyed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and subsequent disorder. Many sons and daughters of Khar bat musicians returned after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 to rebuild the community, including Sitar Jo Sitar student and Qasem Jo Wahid Qasemi . References references External links http www.culturalprofiles.net Afghanistan Directories Afghanistan Cultural Profile 801.html, Kharabat of Kabul Dead link date June 2010 coord missing Afghanistan Category Neighborhoods of Kabul de Kharabat fa ... more details
11 attacks and followed the Northern Alliance into Kabul where she spent three months. Disguising herself by wearing a burka , she lived with a bookseller and his family in Kabul which provided ... other journalists over the years. As Rais is such a well known figure in Kabul, the author s attempt ... Jul 2010 title Vindication for Bookseller of Kabul as court orders author to pay damages Shah Muhammad ... of Kabul author sne Seierstad It s not possible to write a neutral story first Amelia last Hill url http www.guardian.co.uk theguardian 2010 jul 31 bookseller of kabul interview asne seierstad newspaper ... has published his own version of the story, There once was a bookseller in Kabul . It was translated ... DEFAULTSORT Bookseller of Kabul Category Kabul Category Cultural studies books Category Norwegian books Category Non fiction books Category Books about Afghanistan es El librero de Kabul no Bokhandleren i Kabul pl Ksi garz z Kabulu pt O Livreiro de Cabul fi Kabulin kirjakauppias sv Bokhandlaren i Kabul th ... more details
Other places Kabul Infobox Israel municipality name Kabul image imgsize hebname Hebrew , ISO Kabbul arname meaning founded type lc typefrom 1974 stdHeb altOffSp al Kabul altUnoSp district north population 9,400 popyear 2005 area dunam 7149 pushpin map Israel northwest pushpin mapsize 250 pushpin label position left latd 32 latm 52 lats 10.44 longd 35 longm 12 longs 7.66 mayor Kabul lang ar , lang he n is an Arab citizens of Israel Arab town in the North District Israel North District of Israel , located convert 14 km mi southeast of Acre, Israel Acre and north of Shefa Amr . History Kabul is the Biblical Cabul mentioned by Joshua . It was assigned to the Tribe of Asher Joshua 19 27 . King Solomon handed it over to Hiram I , the king of Phoenicia , because he helped Solomon build his temple in Jerusalem . The name Kabul derives from the Hebrew language Hebrew ... Vilnay, Zev. 2003 . http books.google.com books?id VkA6 0 aDdIC&pg PA406&dq Kabul Palestine&lr &ei ... EC&hl no&pg PA88 v onepage&q&f false p.88 . ref Al Muqaddasi visited Kabul in 985 CE, while ... ref Kabul was one of the principal cities of Jund al Urrdun . ref name Strange39 le Strange ... Halevi , and Solomon ibn Gabirol . ref name Vilnay In the late nineteenth century, Kabul was described ... . Israeli forces did not attack Kabul and very few of Kabul s Residency domicile residents fled the village ... Acre Kabul index.html Welcome to Kabul Palestine Remembered. ref In 1974, it received the status .... http www.fotw.net flags il lccbl.html Kabul Israel CRW Flags. ref Demographics In 1859 the population ... , Kabul had 365 inhabitants, rising to 457 in 1931. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , the town of Kabul had a population of 7,134 in 1995, rising to 9,400 in 2005. Its inhabitants are mostly Muslims. Kabul s prominent families are, Rayan, Hamoud, Taha, Taha Mi ar,morad, hamdony ... cs Kabul Izrael de Kabul Israel he pl Kabul Izrael ru ... more details
Orphan date March 2010 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Kabul Dreams image background group or band origin Kabul , Afghanistan genre Indie rock years active 2008 Present label associated acts website http kabuldreams.com current members Sulyman Qardash br Siddique Ahmed br Mujtaba Habibi past members Kabul Dreams is the first Rock and Roll band from Afghanistan . The band members have all lived outside Afghanistan during the Taliban era, but came back to Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban. Singer Sulaymon Qardash lived in Uzbekistan and bass guitar ist Siddique Ahmad lived in Pakistan . Drummer Mujtaba Habibi was born in Iran to Afghan parents. The members of the group come from different regions of Afghanistan and speak different languages, so they decided to sing their songs in English. The group is planning to release their first album in 2010. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi south asia 8588245.stm title Afghanistan s first rock group first Tahir last Qadiry publisher BBC News date March 25, 2010 ref On February 1st 2012 the band started a crowdfunding project on Sellaband to finance their first album plus a tour in Europe. ref cite news url https www.sellaband.com en projects kabuldreams ref References reflist External links Official website http kabuldreams.com http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi south asia 8426436.stm Afghan dreams of rock and roll , A January 5, 2010 article in the BBC News about the band. Category Afghan rock music groups Category Musical groups established in 2008 band stub Afghanistan stub pt Kabul Dreams ro Kabul Dreams ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Kabul Press lang fa is the most read news and discussion website from Afghanistan . Kabul Press is an important on line Afghan media outlet with sections in Persian language Persian and English language English updated daily. Editor Kamran Mir Hazar has been arrested twice by the Afghan secret police, prompting an outcry from international freedom of press organisations. ref name CPJ2007 07 04 cite web last Staff first authorlink title Web journalist detained twice, threatened by security agents publisher Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ date 4 July 2007 url http cpj.org 2007 07 afghanistan web journalist detained twice threaten.php accessdate 2010 02 03 ref ref name ReportersWithoutBorders2007 08 10 cite web last Staff first authorlink title Website editor freed after being held for nine hours in Afghan Guantanamo publisher Reporters Without Borders date 10 August 2007 url http www.rsf.org Website editor freed after being.html accessdate 2010 02 03 ref References reflist External links http www.kabulpress.org my spip.php?rubrique60 Official Website English Version http www.kabulpress.org my Official Website Persian Version http asiapacific.ifj.org assets docs 057 038 7c94639 b8c4e26.pdf The International Federation of Journalists Category Afghan news websites Category Media in Kabul website stub afghanistan stub ... more details
Infobox university name big Kabul University big native name Pashto Da K bul Pohant n br ... chancellor dean head label head students undergrad postgrad doctoral profess city Kabul state country ... coor logo Kabul University KU is located in Kabul , the capital of Afghanistan . It was founded in 1931 but officially opened for classes in 1932. Kabul University is attended by 7,000 students ... building was renovated about 500 meters from the old one, which has almost the same design. Kabul University ... University of Kabul most of all, because Persian speaking students feel discriminated by the governmental ... File 1950s Afghanistan Biology class, Kabul University.jpg thumb Biology class during the late 1950s or early 1960s. Kabul University was established in 1931 during the reign of Mohammed Nadir Shah ... BBC News title Tunes of hope at Kabul University date 6 December 2001 ref In the 1960s foreign educated ... of Afghanistan PDPA , Kabul University lost several lecturers and staff Citation needed date June ... Ghani at Kabul University in 2005.jpg thumb right Zalmay Khalilzad & Ashraf Ghani in University Library 2005 File Students taking admission test at Kabul University in 2010.jpg thumb right High ... of Kabul University was built by the United States, which is the best equipped library in Afghanistan ... Louis Dupree , is the Director of the Afghanistan Center at the university. In 2008, the campus of Kabul University was provided with local network facilities by the Information Technology center of Kabul ... of Kabul University Library Its Past and Present WebCite http www.webcitation.org 62yfxZsS3 ... reflist External links Commons category Kabul University http www.ku.edu.af Official website of Kabul ... July 2011 Category Kabul University Category Universities in Afghanistan Category Education in Kabul Category Educational institutions established in 1932 de Universit t Kabul es Universidad de Kabul ... no Universitetet i Kabul ps pt Universidade de Cabul ro Universitatea din Kabul zh ... more details
The Kabul Airlift was an air evacuation of British and a number of European diplomatic staff and their families conducted by the Royal Air Force from Kabul between December 1928 and February 1929. Background and the Afghan civil war main Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war In the late 1920s, the British Legation in Afghanistan was situated 2.5 miles west of Kabul city. At that time, the King of Afghanistan , Amanullah Khan Amanullah introduced a series of political changes intended to bring about a more European way of life in his country. Having created a parliament, Amanullah made several speeches to his legislature in September and October 1928 which were directly opposed in the chamber ... as a kafir or unbeliever. With increasing rumours of civil war, the British Minister at Kabul ... RAF India, Geoffrey Salmond , asking him to maintain the air mail service to Kabul and prepare ... to Kabul for education and the impositions of taxes they had never previously paid tax . The Shinwaris attacked Jalalabad , cutting off its water supply and closing the Kabul Peshawar road ... entered the conflict. They attacked Kabul on 14 December 1928, capturing the forts to the north ... checked by Amanullah s forces, Habibullah was not prevented from turning towards Kabul on a route ... Kabul city, and a decision was made to evacuate the remaining British personnel, along with expatriates ... airfield on 25 February, taking Sir Francis Humphrys to Peshawar. Historical significance The Kabul ... cold, and mountainous terrain, the Kabul Airlift was a remarkable feat of endurance for both the airmen ... 80 years since the British evacuation of Kabul http www.raf.mod.uk news.cfm?storyid 61000209 1143 EC82 2E0C0B370FF5975C RAF Heroes of Kabul 80th Anniversary. Royal Air Force official website Further ... Ronald authorlink2 Ronald Ivelaw Chapman title Wings over Kabul the first airlift year 1975 publisher ... Over the Grim See also 1929 in Afghanistan Category History of Kabul Category History of the Royal ... more details
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