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Ka⋅bul

[kah-bool, -buhl, kuh-bool]
–noun
1. a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part. 377,715.
2. a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 mi. (580 km) long.
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Kabul [(kah-bool, kuh-boohl)]

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

Note: 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.
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