Khair Khāna ( fa, خير خانه) is a neighborhood in north west
Kabul,
Afghanistan, part of District 11. It is predominantly a residential
suburb
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about 6 km from central Kabul, with a boom of
high rise
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constructions and modern
apartment
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s, as the area has seen major redevelopments. To its southwest is the Shamāli Square and the Kabul-
Charikar highway.the most people were live there is Tajik. Khair khana has a beautiful park in that part of Kabul there are lots of Hospitals, Schools the privets and the Governmental school’s , Private courses, And a very famous place for shopping were has a lots of markets. This neighborhood has been considered as one most populated areas of Kabul city.
History
Construction of Khair Khāna began during the late 1960s and early 1970s, as a plan to expand the city of Kabul. It mostly consists of regular blocks and paved road grids. Many of its residents are ethnic
Tajiks from the provinces north of Kabul.
Khair Khana mostly survived the ordeal of the
Afghan Civil War (1992–96)
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*Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC)
*Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709)
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which destroyed most of Kabul, with the neighborhood remaining largely intact. Many people from other parts of Kabul came here to take shelter.
One of the reasons why Khair Khana was spared is because of its north-western location – it was far from the
Hezb-i Islami Gulbuddin
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forces who were attacking the city from the south-east, and in later years the
Taliban who were based to the south.
References
Neighborhoods of Kabul
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