Kandahar

Also known as Qandahar, historically Candahar, the city is the second largest in Afghanistan. It is the capital of the Kandahar Province, and it is one of the most culturally significant cities of the Pashtuns. Related BRANCH Articles: Antoinette Burton, “On the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: Spectacle of Disaster”; Zarena Aslami, “The Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of the Uninvited”