Kabul
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war. Wikivoyage
Population 5,333,284 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Afghanistan
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Kabul. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Kolola Pushta Fort Attraction · 820 m
- Qal`ah-ye Biland Attraction · 890 m
- The National museum of Nuristan Museum · 940 m
- National Archive of Afghanistan Museum · 970 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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