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Kandahar

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Kandahar City Afghanistan | Ver 2.0 Full HD

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Walking on the Streets of Kandahar City | With English Subtitle | August 17 2021 | Vlog |Qawi Khan

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Kandahar City | Afghanistan | 4K

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A beautiful View of Kandahar City, Afghanistan

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KANDAHAR CITY AFGHANISTAN (HD)

Kandahār or Qandahār is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 557,118. Formerly called Alexandria Arachosia, the city is named after Alexander the Great, who founded it in 329 BC around an ancient Arachosian town. Kandahar is located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of 1,010 m (3,310 ft). It is the capital of Kandahar Province, and also the center of the larger cultural region called Loy Kandahar. In 1709, Mirwais Hotak made the region an independent kingdom and turned Kandahar into the capital of the Hotak dynasty. In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani dynasty, made Kandahar the capital of the Afghan Empire.
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