Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border southwest of Kabul. Perhaps founded by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, the city has long been important for its strategic location on the trade routes of central Asia.
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- proper noun A city and province in southern
Afghanistan
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- noun a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
Etymologies
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Examples
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A huge bomb detonated on Tuesday night in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are clustered, ...
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A huge bomb detonated on Tuesday night in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are clustered, ... var news_amount = 9;
Mark Weisbrot: American Public Still Ahead Of Its Leaders on Foreign Policy 2009
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A huge bomb detonated on Tuesday night in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are clustered, ...
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- As the most powerful Afghan official in the troubled southern province of Kandahar, Ahmed Wali Karzai says he knows just how to tame the shadowy Taliban campaign of suicide bombs and assassinations that have raised the specter of a country sliding toward anarchy.
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN - Fighting has dropped off to zero in the province of Kandahar this year, according to the outgoing commander of the Canadian battle group here.
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Canadian troops have swept through a volatile district west of Kandahar in an operation designed to ferret out nests of insurgents.
Afstan: Canadians back in combat/Yankee imperialism/Brits, Canadians and US Marines 2008
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- An infantryman described as a "friendly giant" was killed by Taliban artillery yesterday at a remote outpost surrounded by grape fields in the hard-scrabble countryside west of Kandahar city.'
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Recent military operations have taken a major bite out of the insurgency's ability to plant deadly roadside bombs on the outskirts of Kandahar city but long-term security will require more time and manpower, a Canadian commander said Wednesday.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Canadian and Afghan forces appear to have scored a modest victory in an operation west of Kandahar this week, killing a mid-level Taliban commander and a handful of militant foot soldiers.
Afstan: Canadians back in combat/Yankee imperialism/Brits, Canadians and US Marines 2008
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Nobody wore a cowboy hat and there wasn't a horse in sight, but everyone who turned up for Calgary Stampede Days in Kandahar was carrying a real gun.
Some good people flying shotgun for some good new Army trucks 2008
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