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Khan Abad or Khanabad is a town and the district center of the Khan Abad District in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
Khan Abad
خان آباد | |
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  Khan Abad Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′59″N 69°9′49″E / 36.68306°N 69.16361°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kunduz Province |
| District | Khan Abad District |
| Elevation | 1,713 ft (522 m) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 75,546 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Geography
editKhan Abad is situated in the valley of the Khanabad River east of Kunduz.
History
editIn 1860, the town formed part of the route of the pundit Abdul Mejid from Peshawar in British India to Kokand, then an indepedent khanate.[1] On 22 August 2016, Afghan security forces retook the town from the Taliban after having lost control of it for 2 days.
References
edit- ^ Curzon, George Nathaniel (1896), The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus (PDF), London: Royal Geographical Society, p. 74.
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