Kabul

"Kabul ( en persa y pashtu, transliterado como Kabul, Kbul, Kbol o Kabol), es la capital y la ciudad más grande de Afganistán, con una población estimada de 2.413.032 habitantes en 2009, aunque otras referencias elevan la cifra hasta 3.450.000 habitantes. Capital de la provincia de Kabul, es un centro económico y cultural situado estratégicamente en un valle estrecho que rodea al río Kabul, en la parte alta de las montañas antes del paso Khyber. Kabul se comunica con la frontera de Tayikistán por un túnel bajo las montañas Hindu Kush. Los principales productos de la región incluyen textiles, mueblería y azúcar, si bien las continuas guerras desde 1979 han limitado la productividad económica de la ciudad."

"Kabul (/kbl/; Pashto: , Persian: , pronounced [kbul]) is the capital of Afghanistan as well as its largest city, located in the eastern section of the country. According to a 2015 estimate, the population of the city was around 3,678,034 which includes all the major ethnic groups. Rapid urbanization had made Kabul the world's 64th largest city and the fifth fastest-growing city in the world. Kabul is over 3,500 years old and many empires have controlled the city which is at a strategic location along the trade routes of South and Central Asia. It has been ruled by the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Mauryans, Kushans, Kabul Shahis, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, and Ghurids. Later it was controlled by the Mughal Empire until finally becoming part of the Durrani Empire with help from the Afsharid dynasty. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan the city continued to be an economic center and was relatively safe. Between 1992 and 1996, a civil war between militant groups devastated Kabul and caused the deaths of thousands of civilians, serious damage to infrastructure, and an exodus of refugees. Since the Taliban's fall from power in November 2001, the Afghan government and other countries have attempted to rebuild the city, although the Taliban insurgents have slowed the re-construction efforts and staged major attacks against the government, the NATO-led forces, foreign diplomats and Afghan civilians."