kandahar in English

noun
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a city in southern Afghanistan; population 324,800 (est. 2006). It was Afghanistan's capital 1773–78.

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1. Kandahar was once a key Taliban stronghold.

2. The plane landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan where one hostage was killed.

3. I was riding shotgun in a Humvee in Kandahar.

4. JTF-Afg is tasked to make Kandahar City into an ADZ.

5. It now contemplates August 15 with a replay of Kandahar in miniature .

6. • During Norouz, the Afghan New Year celebration (a spring festival), more than 400 pairs of shoes donated by Bata Canada were distributed to children in the Kandahar area by the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT).

7. Army Captain Craig Squire had been captured by the Taliban, held hostage in the Kandahar province.

8. Kandahar city was once the hub of international cargo movements in mid 1950s and 1960s.

9. Private Chavez is already en route to Landstuhl on board a U.S. military aircraft diverted to Kandahar.

10. The majority of opium produced in Afghanistan comes from the Kandahar and Helmand provinces, Helmand being the major producer.

11. In March 2017, border guards arrested and confiscated six white lions near Kandahar at the border to Pakistan.

12. New technology helps gun troop fight and protect KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AF – State-of-the-art equipment improves deployed troop ́s operational readiness.

13. In the third season, one of the finalists was Lema Sahar, a Pashtun woman from Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban.

14. But it is not hearts and minds in Kabul and Kandahar that most preoccupy the PM now, but hearts and minds much closer to home.

15. On September 4, 1985, insurgents shot down a domestic Bakhtar Airlines plane as it took off from Kandahar airport, killing all 52 people aboard.

16. from article: Achieving stability in Kandahar province A young girl brought to a CF medical clinic set up to help Afghans has dressings applied to her burn wounds.

17. After touching down in Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai, the hijackers finally forced the aircraft to land in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the Taliban.

18. National identification no.: (a) Afghan national identification card (tazkira) number 57388 issued in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (b) Residential card number 665, Ayno Maina, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

19. At least 64 Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in Counterattacks by Afghan forces over the past 24 hours in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul and Maidan Wardak provinces, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said on Friday as violence continues to rage on in multiple fronts across the country.

20. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship …

21. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

22. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

23. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

24. To achieve these goals, the PRT conducts security patrols, contributes labour and resources to local reconstruction efforts, supports local governance institutions, and facilitates reforms in the security sector. Task Force Afghanistan comprises about 1,000 Canadian Forces members, including troops in Kabul deployed under Operation ATHENA , and the military component of the PRT in Kandahar, deployed under Operation ARCHER . About 250 CF members are deployed in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf region to support Canadian operations in Afghanistan.

25. Other information: (a) Prominent Taliban financier. (b) As of mid- 2009, supplied weapons, ammunition, explosives and medical equipment to Taliban fighters; raised funds for the Taliban, and provided training to them, in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region. (c) Has previously organized and funded Taliban operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (d) As of 2010, travelled to and owned businesses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Japan. (e) Belongs to Noorzai tribe, Miralzai sub-tribe. (f) Brother of Malik Noorzai. (g) Father’s name is Akhtar Mohammed (alias: Haji Mira Khan).