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Kabul Province

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Kabul Province

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Also known as Kabul

province of Afghanistan

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Kabul Province is the central province of Afghanistan that contains the country's capital city, Kabul, making it the political and administrative heart of the nation. It matters because it is home to the largest concentration of Afghanistan's population and government institutions, giving it significant influence over the country's governance and stability.

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Encyclopedic overview

Kabul is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, situated in the east of the country. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of Kabul Province is over 5.5 million people as of 2022, of which over 85 percent live in urban areas. The current governor of the province is Mohammad Aman Obaid.

It borders the provinces of Parwan to the north, Kapisa to the north-east, Laghman to the east, Nangarhar to the south-east, Logar to the south, and Wardak to the west.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kabul Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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