Balkh Bastan

Places of Interest Nearby

Shar-i-Naw Park

Park

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The Shahr-e Naw Park, also known as Pārk-e Shahr-e Naw, is the largest public park in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of several original open-space parks planned by Afghan kings during the 19th century. Shar-i-Naw Park is situated 440 metres west of Balkh Bastan.

Arg

Government office

Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.

The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. Arg is situated 1¼ km southeast of Balkh Bastan.

Kabul City Centre

Shopping center

Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.

Kabul City Center is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators. Kabul City Centre is situated 730 metres west of Balkh Bastan.

Places in the Area

Kabul

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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.

Balkh Bastan

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