Kandahar - Wikipedia
WebKandahar is the founding city and spiritual center of the Taliban. Despite the capital of Afghanistan being Kabul, where the government administration is based, Kandahar is the seat of power in Afghanistan as the supreme leader …
Kandahar (2023) - IMDb
WebMay 26, 2023 · Kandahar: Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. With Tom Rhys Harries, Farhad Bagheri, Gerard Butler, Mitchell LaFortune. A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
Kandahar | Afghanistan, Map, Population, History, & War
WebApr 17, 2024 · Kandahar, city in south-central Afghanistan. It is southern Afghanistan’s chief commercial center, situated at the junction of highways from Kabul, Herat, and Quetta (Pakistan). It was the headquarters of the Taliban in the mid-1990s. After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, it became a base for U.S. military strikes.
Kandahar Province - Wikipedia
WebKandahār ( Pashto: کندهار; Kandahār, Dari: قندهار; Qandahār) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzgan in the north and Zabul Province in the east.
Under Taliban Siege, 2nd-Largest Afghan City Is Struggling ...
WebAug 9, 2021 · For the past month, Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, has been under siege by Taliban fighters. Families stuck between them and government forces have almost nowhere to go. A Humvee...
Kandahar’s fall to the Taliban is a moment of huge ...
WebAug 14, 2021 · Kandahar’s fall to the Taliban is a moment of huge significance. Afghanistan’s second city was the capital of the jihadist group until 2001 and has vital strategic and symbolic importance....
Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Capture 3 ...
WebAug 12, 2021 · By Scott Reinhard. Kandahar, in particular, is a huge prize for the Taliban. It is the economic hub of southern Afghanistan, and it was the birthplace of the insurgency in the 1990s, serving as...
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