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City in Afghanistan, 450 km/280 mi SW of
Kabul, capital of Kandahar province and a
trading centre, with wool and cotton
factories; population (1984) 203,200. It is
surrounded by a mud wall 8 m/25 ft high. When
Afghanistan became independent in 1747,
Kandahar was its first capital.