Kabul is Afghanistan’s capital and largest town, situated within the eastern section of the Asian country. It’s additionally a municipality, forming a part of the more significant national capital Province, divided into twenty-two districts. Estimated in 2021, the population of the national capital was 4.6 million, and it is Afghanistan’s political, cultural, and economic center. Speedy urbanization has created the national capital, the world’s seventy-fifth largest town.

Kandahar, a city in Afghanistan, is located on the Arghandab river in the country’s south. It is 1,010 m (3310 ft) above sea level, with a population exceeding 614,118, Afghanistan’s second-largest city after Kabul. It is also the capital of Kandahar Province and the de facto capital of the Taliban, formerly known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

It is also the heart of the larger cultural area known as Loy Kandahar.
Mirwais Hotak created a separate kingdom in the region and made Kandahar the capital of Hotak’s dynasty. Ahmad Shah Durrani was the founder of Durrani and made Kandahar the capital of the Afghan Empire in 1947.

Herat is an oasis town and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. It was home to 574,276 people in 2020.

An ancient civilization lies on the Silk Road between South Asia, Central Asia, & the Middle East. It is also a hub in the country’s western region. Its historic Persian influences have earned it the nickname Afghanistan’s Little Iran.

Mazar-i-Sharif, also known as Mazar-e Sharif or Mazar, is Afghanistan’s fourth-largest urban area. It has a population of approximately 0.6 million. It is the capital city of Balkh and is connected to Kunduz (in the east), Kabul (in the southeast), Herat (in the southwest), and Uzbekistan (in the north). Both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are close to Mazar-i-Sharif.

Mazar-i-Sharif is the northernmost city and the central hub for tourism. It is famous for its shrines, as well as its Hellenistic archeological sites and Islamic sites. Mazar-i-Sharif is also near the historic, ancient city of Balkh.

Lashkargah is the capital of Helmand Province. It was once known as Bost or Boost.

As of 2022, the city had a population of approximately fifty thousand. Lashkargah has significant roads connecting it to Kandahar and Zaranj, which are on the border with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Farah, Herat, and Farah are to its northwest. Lashkargah’s terrain is mainly desolate and arid. However, there are some farms around the Helmand-Arghandab rivers. The east bank of the Helmand River is where you will find Lashkargah International Airport, established in 1957.