Kabul
Americannoun
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a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.
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a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 miles (580 km) long.
noun
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the capital of Afghanistan, in the northeast of the country at an altitude of 1800 m (5900 ft) on the Kabul River : over 3000 years old, with a strategic position commanding passes through the Hindu Kush and main routes to the Khyber Pass; destroyed and rebuilt many times; capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 until 1738 and of Afghanistan from 1773; university (1932). Pop: 3 288 000 (2005 est)
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a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing east into the Indus at Attock, Pakistan. Length: 700 km (435 miles)
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Strategically situated in a high, narrow valley wedged between two mountain ranges, it is near the main approaches to the Khyber Pass, an old trade and invasion route.
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The defence ministry in Kabul has also said it carried out air strikes on Pakistani territory over the past two days, which observers said could have been drones.
From Barron's
Pakistan has been pressing Taliban authorities in Kabul to halt what it says are attacks by Afghan forces and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, a group of Pakistani militants based across the border.
Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly air strikes, while AFP journalists in Kabul and Kandahar heard blasts and jets overhead.
From Barron's
Kabul had warned of retaliatory action "at the appropriate time" following the strikes overnight into Sunday.
From BBC
The strikes come days after Saudi Arabia mediated the release of three Pakistani soldiers earlier this week, who were captured in Kabul during border clashes last October.
From BBC
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