Minaret of Jam
The Minaret of Jam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible region of the Shahrak District, Ghor Province, next to the Hari River. The 62 m (203 ft) or 65 m (213 ft) high minaret was built c. 1190 entirely of baked bricks and is famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration, which consists of alternating bands of kufic and naskhi callig...........
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Herat Citadel
The Citadel of Herat (Pashto: سکندرۍ
کلا ; Dari: ارگ هرات) also known as the Citadel of Alexander, and locally known
as Qala Iktyaruddin (Pashto ; Dari: قلعه اختیارالدین), is located in the center
of Herat in Afghanistan. It dates back to 330 BC, when Alexander the Great and
his army arrived to what is now Afghanistan after the Battle of Gaugamela. Many
empires have used ...........
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Chilzina
Chilzina ("Forty
steps"), also Chehel Zina, is a mountainous outcrop at the
western limit of the city of Kandahar. Forty stone steps lead to the top of the
outcrop, hence its name. It gives a commanding view on the city of Kandahar.
Chilzina was located on the northern side of the old citadel of Old Kandahar,
destroyed by Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia in 1738. The carving of the staircase
was commission...........
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Band-e-Amir National Park
Band-e-Amir National Park (Dari: پارک
ملی بند امیر; Pashto: د امیر بند ملي پارک) is a national park in Afghanistan.
It was established on 22 May 2009 as Afghanistan first national park to promote
and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes created by
natural dams high in the Hindu Kush. Band-e-Amir is a chain of six lakes in the
mountainous desert of ...........
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Baba Wali Shrine
Sitting on the banks of the Arghandab River is the Baba Wali Shrine, also known as Baba Sahib by Kandaharis. Gul Agha Sherzai, the twice-former Governor of Kandahar, fierce warlord and former mujahideen commander constructed the shrine at a cost of millions of dollars to honour one of his revered tribesmen. It provides a great view to the verdant Arghandab Valley, which is in stark contrast to the rest of the dusty provinc...........
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