Bar Kunar District is situated in the northeastern part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Asadabad district to the southwest, Nuristan Province to the northwest, Nari district to the northeast and Dangam district to the southeast. The popul…
Anar Dara is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Alishing District is a district in Afghanistan, located 21 km from Mihtarlam, the provincial centre of Laghman Province. It has borders with Kabul and Kapisa provinces to the West, Dawlat Shah District to the North, Alingar District to the East and …
Alingar District is located approximately 27 km from Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of Laghman Province and borders with Alishing and Dawlat Shah districts to the West, Nuristan Province to the North, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces to the East and…
Ab Kamari is a district in the west of Badghis Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 36,300 in 2002, the ethnic makeup of which was approximately 80% Tajik with a Pashtun minority. The district capital is Sang Atesh. Other localitie…
Kushk District is situated in the northern part of Herat Province, Afghanistan and may also may be referred to as Rubat-i-Sangin or Rabat-e-Sangi. It borders Turkmenistan to the north, Gulran District to the west, Zinda Jan District, Injil District …
Located in Kabul, Afghanistan, the OMAR Mine Museum contains a collection of 51 types of land mines out of the 53 used in Afghanistan over the years. OMAR is an acronym for the Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation.
Nawzad (also Now Zad) is a small town, the centre of Nawzad District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
The Khost-Gardez Pass, known locally as the Seti-Kandow Pass and frequently abbreviated as the K-G Pass, is the main land route connecting Khost and Gardez, the capital of Paktia province in Afghanistan. The pass currently consists of a rutted dirt …
Jalrez is a district in the east of Maydan Shahr, Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Istālif (Persian: استالف) is a village about 18 miles northwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, situated at (34.8403°N 69.1000°E) at 1693 m altitude. It is the center of Istalif District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. The village was destroyed during the lon…
The February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake occurred in northern Afghanistan in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at Rostaq in the Takhar Province near Afghan-Tajikistan border. The magnitude of th…
Dorah Pass, also called Durah Pass, connects Badakshan Province of Afghanistan with Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Dorah Pass is more than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) high. It is located along the Durand Line border and crosses the …
Chawkay District is situated in the central part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The population was reported in 2006 as 31,600. The district center is the village of Chawkay (34.6961°N 70.9247°E) at 726 m altitude in the valley of the Kunar river.
Chaki Wardak or Čak-e-Wardak (also known as Chak, چک وردګ), literally : The Head of Wardak (Province), is a district in the south of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are av…
Chaghcharan Airport (IATA: CCN, ICAO: OACC) is an airport serving the city of Chaghcharan in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. It is located northeast of the Hari River, one mile east/northeast of Chaghcharan. It has a runway approximately 2,000 metres (6…
Bamyan Airport (IATA: BIN, ICAO: OABN) is an airport serving the city of Bamyan in Afghanistan. It is sited alongside a large military base which, until April 2013, was known as Forward Operating Base Kiwibase and was home to coalition troops includ…
Almar is a district in the southwestern part of Faryab Province, Afghanistan. Its northern border is the national border with Turkmenistan.
Sirkanay District (Sarkani District) is situated in the central part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Pakistan to the south. The population is 24,200 (2006). The district administrative center is the village of Serkanay (34.7906°N 71.1086°…
Qalay-I-Zal District is situated in the western part of Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan. It borders Balkh Province to the west and Tajikistan to the north along the Panj, Vakhsh and Amu Darya rivers. To the east it borders Imam Sahib District …
Qalandar District (Pashto: قلندر ولسوالۍ) is situated in the western part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Paktia Province to the west, Musa Khel District to the north and east and Nadir Shah Kot District to the south. The population is 9…
The May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake occurred at 06:22 UTC in northern Afghanistan in the Takhar Province.
Kunduz Airport (IATA: UND, ICAO: OAUZ) is an airport located 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of Kunduz (also spelled Konduz), a city in Kunduz Province in Afghanistan.
Karl Marx Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Карл Маркс) rises to 6,723 m (22,057 ft) in the Shakhdara Range in Pamir Mountains, in the south-west of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (eastern part of Ishkoshim district), just north of the Panj Riv…
Janda (Gilan, Gelan) is a village and the district center of Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. It is situated in the central part of the district at (32.7261°N 67.6347°E) at 1,983 m altitude.
Girishk or Gereshk is a town in Nahri Saraj District in Helmand province on the Helmand River in Afghanistan, some 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Kandahar, at 817 metres (2,680 ft) altitude. It is the centre of a rich agricultural region with the Kajak…
Farah Airport (IATA: FAH, ICAO: OAFR) is a military airport located in Farah, Afghanistan. It is used by the United States Armed Forces the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan Air Force (AAF).
Dawlat Abad is a district in Faryab Province, Afghanistan.
Chakhansur is a district in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan.
Adraskan is a district in the central part of Herat Province in Afghanistan.
Dishu is a district in the south of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan.
Zaranj Airport (IATA: ZAJ, ICAO: OAZJ) is a domestic airport located by the city of Zaranj in far southwestern Afghanistan. It was built by the Afghan government to serve the population of Nimruz Province. The airport is used for civilian and milita…
Wakhan River (Persian: اب واخان, āb-e vakhān, Tajik: Wakhandarya), also known in English as Ab-i-Wakhan, is the name of the Sarhad branch of the Panj River along its upper length in Wakhan, Afghanistan.
Shorabak District is a remote district situated in the southeastern part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, 110 km south and east of Kandahar. It borders Reg District to the west, Spin Boldak District to the north and Pakistan to the east and south.…
Shirin-Tagab (meaning in Uzbek language: "Sweet Water", also known as Koh-i-Saiyād) is the district center in the Faryab Province, Afghanistan.
Shibar Pass is situated at a height of 3,000 m above sea-level and is one of the two main routes from Kabul to Bamiyan in central Afghanistan.