Qal‘ah-ye Ḩashmat

Places of Interest

Bala Hissar

Photo: John Burke (photographer), Public domain.

Bala Hissar was an ancient fortress located in the south of the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD.

Hashmat Khan Lake

Protected area

Photo: seair21, CC BY 3.0.

Hashmat Khan Lake, also known as Hashmat Khan Park, and locally as Kol-e Hashmat Khan or Qala-e Hashmat Khan, is a waterfowl sanctuary and protected area located in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Gardens of Babur

Park

Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.

Bagh-e Babur, also known as the Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, Chihil Sutun to the south, and the Kabul Zoo to the northwest. Gardens of Babur is situated 3½ km west of Qal‘ah-ye Ḩashmat.

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Kabul

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.

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