Kandahar
Kandahar is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan. Kandahar is also the second largest city in Afghanistan after the capital Kabul, and was the first capital of the modern state of Afghanistan in the 18th century. Wikivoyage
Population 614,254 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Afghanistan
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Kandahar. 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- Kandahar Provincial Museum Museum · 610 m
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خِرقه Attraction · 890 m - Ahmad Shah Baba Shrine Attraction · 960 m
- د ارګ دروازه Monument · 830 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.
Getting around
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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