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- ↑ "Kang District" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. United Nations. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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