Ministry of defence

Ministry of defence is a military installation in Kabul District, Afghanistan. Ministry of defence is situated nearby to Ariana square, as well as near the government office Central Statistics Organization.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arg and Ghazi Stadium.

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 650 metres west of Ministry of defence.

Ghazi Stadium

Stadium

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Ghazi Stadium, also known as Kabul Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, across from Chaman-e-Hozori and Eidgah Mosque. Ghazi Stadium is situated 1 km southeast of Ministry of defence.

Eidgah Mosque

Mosque

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The Eidgah Mosque; also spelled as the Id Gah Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located to the southeast of the affluent Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, near the Ghazi Stadium and Chaman-e-Hozori. Eidgah Mosque is situated 770 metres southeast of Ministry of defence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

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.

Ministry of defence

Type: Military installation
Also known as: “وزارت دفاع”
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.52389° or 34° 31′ 26″ north

Longitude

69.18627° or 69° 11′ 11″ east

Open location code

8J6FG5FP+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1494767300

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Ministry of defence” goes by many names.

Chinese: “國防部”
Russian: “Министерство Обороны”

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Highlights include Ariana square and Central Statistics Organization.

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