Bum is the name of several locations in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. The first of these is a village in the northeastern part of Khakrez Valley, about 36 miles round the u-bend from

Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

. Around the turn of the 20th century, it was reported as containing around 40 Alikozai households. It is also the name given to the part of the Khakrez Valley in which the village lies. There has more recently been another village with this name reported. This village, at , is located about one mile south of the

Helmand River The Helmand river (Pashto/Dari: ; Ancient Greek: Ἐτύμανδρος, ''Etýmandros''; Latin: '), also spelled Helmend, or Helmund, Hirmand, is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primary watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin. It o ...

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Valleys of Afghanistan Populated places in Kandahar Province Landforms of Kandahar Province {{Kandahar-geo-stub

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