Kandahar (disambiguation)
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- KandaharKandaharKandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
, city in Afghanistan- Kandahar International Airport, in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Kandahar UniversityKandahar UniversityKandahar University is a government funded higher learning institution in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is one of two universities in southern Afghanistan. Kandahar University was established in 1990, at a time when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was in power under President Mohammad...
, in Kandahar, Afghanistan - Kandahar detention facility, US detention and interrogation center in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Kandahar DistrictKandahar DistrictKandahar District is situated in the central part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, surrounding the city of Kandahar. It borders with Panjwai District to the west, Arghandab District to the north, Shah Wali Kot District to the northeast and Daman District to the east and south. The population is...
, district in Afghanistan - Kandahar ProvinceKandahar ProvinceKandahar or Qandahar is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River. The province has a population of nearly...
, province in Afghanistan - Cəndəhar (also Çəndahar and Chandakhar), village in Azerbaijan
- ÇandaharÇandaharÇandahar is a village and municipality in the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 155. The municipality consists of the villages of Çandahar and Zarat....
(also Çandaxar, Chandakhar, and Ğəndahar), village and municipality in Azerbaijan - Kandahar, SaskatchewanKandahar, SaskatchewanKandahar is a small hamlet on Highway 16 near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada, named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In 1925, Kandahar was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Station on the Minnedosa,...
, hamlet in Canada
Other
- HMS Kandahar (F28)HMS Kandahar (F28)HMS Kandahar was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the Afghan city of Kandahar.-History:Kandahar was launched on 21 March 1939. On 21 February 1941, in company with and , she captured the German blockade runner off Iceland...
, a destroyer in the Royal Navy - Kandahar (2001 film), a film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban
- Kandahar (2010 film), a Malayalam film based on the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814
- KandagarKandagarKandagar is a Russian film detailing the escape of a Russian crew from Afghanistan Taliban fighters on August 16, 1996. The film stars some of Russia’s most famous actors, Vladimir Mashkov, Andrei Panin and Alexander Baluyev. The movie is based on the Russian pilot's, Vladimir Sharpatov, diary. ...
, a Russian film based on the 1995 Airstan incident - Kandahar FiveKandahar FiveThe Kandahar Five is a term used to refer to five men who had been held, for years, in a Taliban prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, only to end up in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....
, a group of men held prisoner in Kandahar - Kandahar meteorite of 1959, see Meteorite fall
- Indian Airlines Flight 814Indian Airlines Flight 814Indian Airlines Flight 814 commonly known as IC 814 was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India on Friday, December 24, 1999, when it was hijacked...
, a hijack drama which culminated in Kandahar - Arlberg-KandaharArlberg-KandaharThe Arlberg-Kandahar race is an annual alpine skiing event. The first edition of the race was held in 1928 in St. Anton, in the Arlberg district of Austria. The location originally alternated between St. Anton and Mürren, Switzerland...
alpine skiing event - The Kandahar, a world cup downhill ski run in Garmisch, Germany
- The Kandahar, a world cup downhill ski run in Les HouchesLes HouchesLes Houches is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-Overview:It is a ski-resort, and is located 6 kilometres from Chamonix with a ski domain which extends from an altitude of 950 metres up to 1900 metres...
, France
See also
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, 1988 French animated film - Gāndhārī (disambiguation)
- Alexandria (disambiguation)Alexandria (disambiguation)Alexandria is a city in Egypt.Alexandria may also refer to- Alexandrias founded or renamed by Alexander the Great :* Iskandariya, Iraq* Alexandria Asiana, Iran* Alexandria Ariana, Afghanistan* Alexandria Bucephalous, Pakistan, on the Jhelum...
- Alessandria (disambiguation)Alessandria (disambiguation)Alessandria may refer to three towns in Italy, and to various things related to them*Alessandria, a town in Piedmont**U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912, Alessandria’s football club...