Chitral River
The Chitral River, also known in Afghanistan as the Kunar River, is a 480 kilometres long river in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It originates from the Chiantar glacier, located at the border of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral in Pakistan.Photo: Qudratkhan, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: River in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Also known as: “Chitrāl River”, “Daryā-ye Konar”, “Kama River”, “Konar Sīnḏ”, “Kunar River”, “Mastuj”, and “Mastuj River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jalalabad Airport and Forward Operating Base Fenty.
Jalalabad Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Todd Huffman, CC BY 2.0.
Jalalabad Airport, also known as Nangarhar Airport, and referred to as Jalalabad Airfield by the U.S. military during the War in Afghanistan, is located next to the Kabul–Jalalabad Road, about 3 miles southeast of Jalalabad, which is the capital of Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan. Jalalabad Airport is situated 3 km west of Chitral River.
Forward Operating Base Fenty
Military installation
Photo: Todd Huffman, CC BY 2.0.
Forward Operating Base Fenty was a military base built around Jalalabad Airport. Forward Operating Base Fenty is situated 2½ km west of Chitral River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jalalabad.
Jalalabad
Photo: Todd Huffman, CC BY 2.0.
Jalalabad, previously known as Tarunshahr, and historically known as Nagarahara or Adinapur, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nangarhar Province.
Chitral River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chitral River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كنر”
- Arabic: “نهر كونر”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kunar”
- Bengali: “চিত্রল নদী”
- Cebuano: “Kunar”
- Chinese: “庫納河”
- Chinese: “庫納爾河”
- Chuvash: “Кунар”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كونار”
- French: “Kunar”
- German: “Chitral”
- German: “Kunar”
- Greek: “Κουνάρ”
- Hebrew: “נהר קונאר”
- Hindi: “कुनर नदी”
- Hungarian: “Kunar-folyó”
- Hungarian: “Kunar”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kunar”
- Italian: “fiume Kunar”
- Italian: “Kunar”
- Japanese: “クナール川”
- Japanese: “クナル川”
- Latvian: “Konara”
- Lithuanian: “Kunaras”
- Macedonian: “Кунар”
- Malayalam: “കുനാർ നദി”
- Panjabi: “ਕੁਨਾਰ ਨਦੀ”
- Persian: “دريای كنر”
- Persian: “رود کنر”
- Persian: “رود کونر”
- Polish: “Kunar”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kunar”
- Pushto: “رودِ کونړ”
- Pushto: “کونړ رود”
- Pushto: “کونړ سيند”
- Pushto: “کونړ سيند”
- Russian: “Кунар”
- Sindhi: “ڪنھار ندي”
- South Azerbaijani: “کونار چایی”
- Spanish: “Kunar”
- Spanish: “Río Kunar”
- Swedish: “Kunar”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Кунар”
- Tajik: “Кунар (дарё)”
- Urdu: “دریائے چترال”
- Uzbek: “Kunar daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Kunar”
- Welsh: “Afon Kunar”
- Western Panjabi: “چترال دریا”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے چترال”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ چترال”
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