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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.
Two of the commanders who fought in Kandahar prior to the surrender were Gul Agha Shirzai, who became the province's governor again, and Hamid Karzai, who became the president of Afghanistan. [20] [32] Kandahar city became a base of U.S. army forces (at Kandahar Airfield), [33] new construction efforts, [34] and was the site of an assassination ...
The Fall of Kandahar took place in 2001 during the War in Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif , Kabul and Herat , Kandahar was the last major city under Taliban control. Kandahar was where the Taliban movement had originated and where its power base was located, so it was assumed that capturing Kandahar would be difficult.
Mughal–Persian war (1637–1638) is a conflict which took place in 1638, A conflict between Safavid Empire of Persia and Mughal Empire of Hindustan which took place over a city in present day Afghanistan named Kandahar [3] The war resulted in a decisive victory for the Mughals when Ali mardan Khan surrendered the keys of Kandahar to the Mughals.
Lōy Kandahār (Pashto: لوی کندهار, lit. ' Greater Kandahar ') is a historical and cultural region of Afghanistan, comprising the modern Afghan provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Uruzgan, as well as parts of Nimruz and Zabul, and the Pashtun majority northern part of Balochistan including cities like Quetta, Chaman and many other areas (the latter known as "South Pashtunkhwa").
Kandahar, the second-largest city of Afghanistan and the capital of Kandahar Province, was a heavily defended city guarded by Afghan National Army (ANA) forces. However, amidst the 2021 Taliban offensive, the Taliban had led brutal attacks on the city, wearing down the defenses and causing many in the ANA ranks to desert and flee due to fear of being captured by the Taliban. [10]
Old Kandahar (locally known as Zorr Shaar, Pashto: زوړ ښار, lit. 'Old City'; also Shahr-i-Kona , Dari : شهر کهنه , meaning 'Old City') [ 1 ] is a historical section of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan .
The Kandahar massacre, also called the Panjwai massacre, [1] was a mass murder that occurred in the early hours of 11 March 2012, when United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians and wounded six others in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nine of his victims were children, and 11 of the ...