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Kabul - Afghanistan
Also the largest town in Afghanistan and both this Kabul is the capital and with 3,043,500 inhabitants economic as also cultural center of the country.
Story of Kabul
The ancient city of Kabura was founded by Iranian tribes in front of more than 2500 years in the valley of the Hindukusch. During the power of the Achämeniden Kabul belonged to the Satrapie Gandhara and an important trade road junction was next to the capital Taxilia at the Hindukusch. The town was never conquered by Alexander by the Great. Kabul became a center of the Buddhistic Iranian culture of the region under the Kuschanen, however, some were conquered and incorporated into the Persian empire again by the Sassaniden later.
Kabul was taken in the 7th century and made the capital of the Mogulreiches to 1504 of Babur by the arabs. Nadir shah of Persia took the city of 1738 and this one it became a shah only under Timur second son Ahmad Shah Durranis in 1776 to the capital of Afghanistan Kandahar was the capital of Afghanistan in front of this.
Kabul was partly burned down by the brits 1839 during the Afghan wars taken and 1842 from revenge. The brits took the city of 1879 after a massacre to a British official once more. Afghanistan got independent in 1919.
The town occupied the Soviet Union on December 23rd, 1979 and they made their headquarters during the ten years' conflict between the government allied with the Soviet Union and the Mujahedeen rebels. See civil war and Soviet invasion also Afghan
After the collapse of the Mujahedeen regime 1992 one of the longest and bloodiest civil wars was had out in the history of the country in Kabul. At this time lost her life in the streets of Kabul over 50,000 people.
Since 1996 the town was under control of the Taliban. The north alliance took the town on November 12th, 2001 after the Taliban had retired from Kabul.
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