Kabul

[ kah-bool, -buhl, kuh-bool ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.
2. a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 miles (580 km) long.

Kabul

/ kəˈbʊl; ˈkɑːbəl /

noun

1. the capital of Afghanistan, in the northeast of the country at an altitude of 1800 m (5900 ft) on the Kabul River : over 3000 years old, with a strategic position commanding passes through the Hindu Kush and main routes to the Khyber Pass; destroyed and rebuilt many times; capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 until 1738 and of Afghanistan from 1773; university (1932). Pop: 3 288 000 (2005 est)
2. a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing east into the Indus at Attock, Pakistan. Length: 700 km (435 miles)

Kabul

1. Capital of Afghanistan and largest city in the country, located in eastern Afghanistan.

Notes

Strategically situated in a high, narrow valley wedged between two mountain ranges, it is near the main approaches to the Khyber Pass, an old trade and invasion route.

Example Sentences

The millennial’s new movie is Kabul Jan, which is already generating interest internationally.

From Ozy

I spoke to Koofi by phone recently, some nine years after first having tea with her at her Kabul home.

From Ozy

The militant group is almost certain to launch a violent push for full power in Kabul.

From Ozy

When he woke up in Kabul, in the waning days of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, he had trouble figuring out what was going on.

From Time

At least Moscow didn’t try to convince the regime it supported in Kabul to share power with the mujahedeen.

From Ozy

In Kabul you rarely see people shouting at each other or getting angry in public.

From The Daily Beast

KABUL, Afghanistan — The girls of Afghanistan have been betrayed.

From The Daily Beast

I asked a friend who runs aid programs at the U.S. embassy in Kabul not long ago.

From The Daily Beast

Journalists are leaving Kabul, embassies are downsizing, and donors are quietly and drastically scaling back.

From The Daily Beast

In 1992 Dostum “defected” to the side of the mujahedin and joined in the battle to take Kabul and oust Najibullah.

From The Daily Beast

He commends the fruit of its gardens, which still contribute largely to the markets of Kabul.

From Project Gutenberg

They rushed through the broken walls, and the first and second columns met at the Kabul Gate.

From Project Gutenberg

It would contribute much to the security of this frontier if open relations of goodwill were established at Kabul.

From Project Gutenberg

He thought it very desirable to be on better terms with Kabul, but believed this to be a result difficult to attain. '

From Project Gutenberg

One of the newly-installed Amir's first acts was to inform the Viceroy of his return to Kabul, and of the recovery of his kingdom.

From Project Gutenberg