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Kunar Province

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Also known as Kunar

province of Afghanistan

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Kunar Province is a region located in eastern Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. It has been strategically significant in recent Afghan history due to its mountainous terrain and its role in various conflicts.

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Kunar (Pashto: کونړ; Dari: کنر) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad also known as Chaghasray or Chaghan Saray (چغسري يا چغان سرای). The province has an estimated population of 544,839 people.

It is one of the four "N2KL" provinces (Nangarhar Province, Nuristan Province, Kunar Province and Laghman Province). N2KL was the designation used by the US and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan for the rugged region along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border opposite Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Kunar is the center of the N2KL region.

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

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