Char Bagh

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Char Bagh (Afghanistan)
Coordinates 34°31′54″N70°17′23″E / 34.53167°N 70.28972°E / 34.53167; 70.28972

Char Bagh is an area within Laghman Province, Afghanistan and is observable from the Jalalabad-Kabul Road.

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History

According to some sources, when Alexander the Great entered the region, he built a town between Char Bagh and Mandrawar after the Greek god of victory. [1]

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