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The '''Battle of Qandahar''' , 1 September 1880, was the last major conflict of the Second Angio-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan was fought between the British forces under command of General Balls and the Qandahar forces led by Sir Bill D(bill04112009). It ended with a decisive Afghan victory, having inflicted nearly 3,000 casualties. | The '''Battle of Qandahar''' , 1 September 1880, was the last major conflict of the Second Angio-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan was fought between the British forces under command of General Balls and the Qandahar forces led by Sir Bill D(bill04112009). It ended with a decisive Afghan victory, having inflicted nearly 3,000 casualties. | ||
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'''Kandahar''' (<small>English:</small> [[Help:IPA/English|/ˈkændəˌhɑːr/]]; [[Pashto language|Pashto]]: کندهار Kandahār, [[Dari language|Dari]]: قندهار, Qandahār) is a [[List of cities in Afghanistan|city]] in [[Afghanistan]], located in the south of the country on the [[Arghandab River]], at an elevation of 1,010 m (3,310 ft). It is Afghanistan's second largest city after [[Kabul]], with a population of about 614,118. It is the capital of [[Kandahar Province]] as well as the de facto capital of the [[Taliban]], formally known as the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]]. It also happens to be the centre of the larger cultural region called [[Loy Kandahar]]. In 1709, [[Mirwais Hotak]] made the region an independent kingdom and turned Kandahar into the capital of the [[Hotak dynasty]]. In 1747, [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], founder of the [[Durrani dynasty]], made Kandahar the capital of the [[Durrani Empire|Afghan Empire]]. | |||