Qandahar

Qan·da·har or Kan·da·har  (knd-här, kän-)

A city of southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border southwest of Kabul. Perhaps founded by Alexander the Great in the fourth century b.c., the city has long been important for its strategic location on the trade routes of central Asia. Population: 359,000.

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Qandahar - a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center Kandahar Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"