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Afghan hound

(Encyclopedia) Afghan houndAfghan houndăfˈgăn [key], breed of tall, swift hound originating about 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Its modern ancestors were perfected in the northern part of…

Afghanistan War

(Encyclopedia) Afghanistan War, 1978–92, conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin) and Afghan government and Soviet forces. The conflict had its origins in the 1978 coup…

Ahmad Shah

(Encyclopedia) Ahmad ShahAhmad Shahäkhmädˈ shäˈ [key], c.1723–1773, Afghan ruler (1747–73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won…

Rawalpindi

(Encyclopedia) RawalpindiRawalpindiräwəlpĭnˈdē [key], city (1998 pop. 1,406,214), NE Pakistan. It occupies the site of an old village inhabited by the Rawals, a tribe of Yogis. A railroad junction…

Karzai, Hamid

(Encyclopedia) Karzai, HamidKarzai, Hamidhämēdˈ kärzīˈ [key], 1957–, Afghan political leader, b. Kandahar. Karzai's father and grandfather, who both served in the government of King Muhammad Zahir…

Peshawar

(Encyclopedia) PeshawarPeshawarpəshäˈwär, pəshôˈər [key], city (1998 pop. 988,005), capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), NW Pakistan. A road and rail center near the…

Jalalabad

(Encyclopedia) JalalabadJalalabadjəläˌläbädˈ, jəlălˈəbăd [key], city (1979 pop. 53,915), capital of Nangarhar prov., E Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates the entrances to the…

Ghazni

(Encyclopedia) Ghazni Ghazni gŭzˈnē [key], city, capital of Ghazni prov., E central Afghanistan, on the Ghazni…

Khyber Pass

(Encyclopedia) Khyber PassKhyber Passkīˈbər [key], narrow, steep-sided pass, 28 mi (45 km) long, winding through the Safed Koh Mts., on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; highest point is 3,500 ft (1,…

Quetta

(Encyclopedia) QuettaQuettakwĕˈtə [key], city (1998 pop. 560,307), capital of Baluchistan prov., W central Pakistan, at an altitude of c.5,500 ft (1,675 m), ringed by mountains. Deriving its name…