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Khan Abad خان آباد | |
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  Khan Abad Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′59″N69°9′49″E / 36.68306°N 69.16361°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kunduz Province |
| District | Khan Abad District |
| Elevation | 1,713 ft (522 m) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 75,546 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Khan Abad or Khanabad is a town and the district center of the Khan Abad District in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
Khan Abad is situated in the valley of the Khanabad River east of Kunduz.
In 1860, the town formed part of the route of the pundit Abdul Mejid from Peshawar in British India to Kokand, then an indepedent khanate. [1] On 22 August 2016, Afghan security forces retook the town from the Taliban after having lost control of it for 2 days.
Kunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. The city has an estimated population of about 268,893 as of 2015, making it about the 7th-largest city of Afghanistan, and the largest city in northeastern Afghanistan. Kunduz is in the historical Tokharistan region of Bactria, near the confluence of the Kunduz River with the Khanabad River. Kunduz is linked by highways with Kabul to the south, Mazar-i-Sharif to the west, and Badakhshan to the east. Kunduz is also linked with Dushanbe in Tajikistan to the north, via the Afghan dry port of Sherkhan Bandar. This city is famous in Afghanistan for its watermelon production.
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