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noun - a city in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR - Kandahr () or Qandahr (Pashto: ; Dari: ; known in older literature as Candahar) is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about...
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Dec 16 2017 Newsday.com |
Aug 6 2010 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Nov 21 2006 The Times - Cryptic |
Sep 24 2002 The Telegraph - Quick |
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This second-most populous Afghan city is said to have been founded by Alexander the Great |
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Kandahar, AFGHANISTAN |
Kandahar, Bakhtaran, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) |
Kandahar, Maharashtra, INDIA |
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Kandahr () or Qandahr (Pashto: ; Dari: ; known in older literature as Candahar) 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.Kandahar is one of the most culturally significant cities of the Pashtuns and has been their traditional seat of power for more than 300 years. It is a major trading center for sheep, wool, cotton, silk, felt, food grains, fresh and dried fruit, a |