Qalat, Zabul Province

Qalat, Zabul Province

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Qalat (Pashto/Persian: قلات) is a town in southern Afghanistan, the capital of Zabul Province. It is linked by a highway with Kandahar to the west and Ghazni to the east. In 2006, Zabul's first airstrip was built near Qalat. [ [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Article.73.aspx USAID/Afghanistan: First Airstrip in Zabul Province] ]

Other names

Qalat has been known as Qalāt, Qalat-i-Ghilzai, Kalat, and Kalat-i Ghilzai.

See also

*Afghanistan
*NATO
*International Security Assistance Force
*List of airports in Afghanistan
*Provincial Reconstruction Team

References

External links

* [http://www.afgha.com/?af=localnews afgha news] - information


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