Kandahar (afg)

Kandahar

Kandahar ranks 1,883rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Basildon, Liptovský Mikuláš, and Greenock. Memorable people born in Kandahar include Nur Jahan, Mohammed Omar, and Abdul Rahim Hatif. Memorable people who died in Kandahar include Mirwais Hotak, George XI of Kartli, and Abdul Aziz Hotak. Kandahar has been the birth place of many politicians, and companions and the death place of many politicians, and businesspeople. Kandahar is located in Afghanistan.

Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of 1,010 m (3,310 ft). It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the capital of Kandahar Province and the centre of the larger cultural region called Loy Kandahar. Kandahar 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 and his spiritual advisers are based there. Kandahar has therefore been called the de facto capital of Afghanistan, though the Taliban maintain Kabul is the capital. Read more on Wikipedia