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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCnduz_vilay%C9%99ti" title="Künduz vilayəti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Künduz vilayəti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="قوندوز ویلایتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوندوز ویلایتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6" title="কুন্দুজ প্রদেশ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কুন্দুজ প্রদেশ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_S%C3%A9ng" title="Kunduz Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kunduz Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Кундуз (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кундуз (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Кундуз (правінцыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кундуз (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Кундуз (провинция) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кундуз (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_de_Kunduz" title="Província de Kunduz – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província de Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(lalawigan)" title="Kunduz (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kunduz (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kund%C3%BAz_(provincie)" title="Kundúz (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kundúz (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(talaith)" title="Kunduz (talaith) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kunduz (talaith)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(provins)" title="Kunduz (provins) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kunduz (provins)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundus_(Provinz)" title="Kundus (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kundus (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduzi_provints" title="Kunduzi provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kunduzi provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B6_(%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AE)" title="Κουντούζ (περιοχή) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κουντούζ (περιοχή)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Kunduz" title="Provincia de Kunduz – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Kunduz" title="Provinco Kunduz – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_probintzia" title="Kunduz probintzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kunduz probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2" title="ولایت کندز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ولایت کندز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondoz_(province)" title="Kondoz (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kondoz (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A4%EB%91%90%EC%A6%88%EC%A3%BC" title="쿤두즈주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쿤두즈주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="कुंदुज़ प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कुंदुज़ प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Kunduz" title="Provinsi Kunduz – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8)" title="Кундуз (провинци) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кундуз (провинци)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Konduz" title="Provincia di Konduz – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Konduz" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%96_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="קונדוז (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קונדוז (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ყუნდუზის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ყუნდუზის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinduz" title="Kinduz – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kinduz" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kund%C5%ABzo_provincija" title="Kundūzo provincija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kundūzo provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF" title="കുന്ദൂസ് പ്രവിശ്യ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കുന്ദൂസ് പ്രവിശ്യ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9D_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="कुंडुझ प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कुंडुझ प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="قندوز ولایت – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="قندوز ولایت" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3" title="Кундуз аймаг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Кундуз аймаг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(provincie)" title="Kunduz (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kunduz (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4,_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="कनदोज प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="कनदोज प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E5%B7%9E" title="クンドゥーズ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クンドゥーズ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(provins)" title="Kunduz (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kunduz (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz-provinsen" title="Kunduz-provinsen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kunduz-provinsen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qunduz_viloyati" title="Qunduz viloyati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qunduz viloyati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2" title="صوبہ كندز – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ كندز" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="کندز ولايت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کندز ولايت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(prowincja)" title="Kunduz (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kunduz (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konduz_(prov%C3%ADncia)" title="Konduz (província) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Konduz (província)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qunduz_(vil%C3%A2yet)" title="Qunduz (vilâyet) – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Qunduz (vilâyet)" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Kunduz" title="Provincia Kunduz – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Кундуз (провинция) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кундуз (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_Province" title="Kunduz Province – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Kunduz Province" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_Province" title="Kunduz Province – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kunduz Province" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="قندوز صوبو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="قندوز صوبو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li 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lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Propinsi Kunduz" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qunduzin_maakunta" title="Qunduzin maakunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Qunduzin maakunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_(provins)" title="Kunduz (provins) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kunduz (provins)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan_ng_Kunduz" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Afghan_National_Army_Special_Forces_%28ANASF%29_soldiers_provide_security_outside_of_a_combat_outpost_in_the_Chahar_Darreh_district_of_Kunduz_province%2C_Afghanistan%2C_June_3%2C_2013_130603-A-CT553-036.jpg/171px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Afghan_National_Army_Special_Forces_%28ANASF%29_soldiers_provide_security_outside_of_a_combat_outpost_in_the_Chahar_Darreh_district_of_Kunduz_province%2C_Afghanistan%2C_June_3%2C_2013_130603-A-CT553-036.jpg/228px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div style="height:75px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg/120px-Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg/180px-Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg/240px-Afghanistan_-_Tajikistan_Bridge_Completion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top, <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_River" title="Kunduz River">Kunduz River Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Char_Dara_District" title="Char Dara District">Char Dara District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tajik%E2%80%93Afghan_bridge_at_Panji_Poyon" title="Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poyon">Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Afghanistan with Kunduz highlighted"><img alt="Map of Afghanistan with Kunduz highlighted" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg/250px-Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg/375px-Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg/500px-Kunduz_in_Afghanistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1807" data-file-height="1331" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Map of Afghanistan with Kunduz highlighted</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (Capital): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kunduz_Province&params=36.8_N_68.8_E_region:AF_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°48′N</span> <span class="longitude">68°48′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.8°N 68.8°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.8; 68.8</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kunduz" title="List of governors of Kunduz">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vacant</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Deputy Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Habib-ur-Rehman Sohaib<sup id="cite_ref-azamnews_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azamnews-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Police Chief</th><td class="infobox-data">Azizullah<sup id="cite_ref-azamnews_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azamnews-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,040 km<sup>2</sup> (3,100 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)<sup id="cite_ref-nsia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,136,677</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">140/km<sup>2</sup> (370/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B4:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+4:30">UTC+4:30</a> (Afghanistan Time)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">35xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">AF-KDZ</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Afghanistan" title="Languages of Afghanistan">Main languages</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dari_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari language">Dari</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Uzbek_language" title="Uzbek language">Uzbek</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_language" title="Turkmen language">Turkmen</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kunduz</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dari_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari language">Dari</a>: <span lang="prs" dir="rtl">قندوز</span>) is one of the 34 <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Afghanistan" title="Provinces of Afghanistan">provinces of Afghanistan</a>, located in the northern part of the country next to <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>. The population of the province is around 1,136,677,<sup id="cite_ref-nsia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is mostly a tribal society; it is one of Afghanistan's most ethnically diverse provinces with many different ethnicities in large numbers living there.<sup id="cite_ref-nps_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nps-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of <a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a> serves as the capital of the province. It borders the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Takhar_Province" title="Takhar Province">Takhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghlan_Province" title="Baghlan Province">Baghlan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samangan_Province" title="Samangan Province">Samangan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balkh_Province" title="Balkh Province">Balkh</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Khatlon_Region" title="Khatlon Region">Khatlon Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Airport" title="Kunduz Airport">Kunduz Airport</a> is located next to the provincial capital. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_River" title="Kunduz River">Kunduz River</a> valley dominates the Kunduz Province. The river flows irregularly from south to north into the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Amu Darya</a> river which forms the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. A newly constructed bridge crosses the Amu Darya at <a href="/wiki/Sherkhan_Bandar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherkhan Bandar">Sherkhan Bandar</a> and the international trade is a large source of Kunduz's economy. The river, its tributaries, and derivative canals provide irrigation to the irrigated fields that dominate land usage in the agricultural province. There are also rain-fed fields and open range land that span several miles. Kunduz was once a major economic center for Afghanistan, but the wars since 1978 have changed fortunes for the province.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially during the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001-2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)</a>, Kunduz was one of the more stable regions of Afghanistan, but during the 2010s quickly turned into one of the most unstable provinces of the country, resulting in large parts falling under <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> insurgent control.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during their nationwide <a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban 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style="padding-bottom: 0.4em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg/200px-Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg/300px-Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg/400px-Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_1839.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above"> <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Afghan_history" title="Timeline of Afghan history">Timeline</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history_of_Afghanistan" title="Ancient history of Afghanistan">Ancient</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilisation">Indus Valley civilisation</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2200–1800 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bactria%E2%80%93Margiana_Archaeological_Complex" title="Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex">Oxus civilization</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2100–1800 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Gandhara_kingdom" title="Gandhara kingdom">Gandhara kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1500–535 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Median Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 728–550 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 550–330 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonian Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 330–312 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 312–150 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 305–180 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco-Bactrian kingdom">Greco-Bactrian kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 256–125 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 247 BC–224 AD</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Greek_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Greek kingdom">Indo-Greek kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 180–90 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Scythians" title="Indo-Scythians">Indo-Scythian kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 155–80? BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 135 BC – 248 AD</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Parthian_kingdom" title="Indo-Parthian kingdom">Indo-Parthian kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 20 BC – 50? AD</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 230–651</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kidarites" title="Kidarites">Kidarite kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 320–465</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rob" title="Kingdom of Rob">Rob</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Alchon_Huns" title="Alchon Huns">Alchon Huns</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 380–560</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Hephthalite_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hephthalite Empire">Hephthalite Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 410–557</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Nezak_Huns" title="Nezak Huns">Nezak Huns</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 484–711</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Medieval</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Turk_Shahis" title="Turk Shahis">Kabul Shahi</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 565–879</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Chaghaniyan" title="Principality of Chaghaniyan">Principality of Chaghaniyan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 7th–8th centuries</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 652–661</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang China</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 660–669</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 660–842</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyads</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 661–750</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Zunbils" title="Zunbils">Zunbils</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 680–870</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Lawik_dynasty" title="Lawik dynasty">Lawik</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">750-977</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 750–821</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Tahirid_dynasty" title="Tahirid dynasty">Tahirids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 821–873</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty" title="Saffarid dynasty">Saffarids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 863–900</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Samanid_Empire" title="Samanid Empire">Samanids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 875–999</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Ghaznavids" title="Ghaznavids">Ghaznavids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 963–1187</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Ghurid_dynasty" title="Ghurid dynasty">Ghurids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> before 879–1215</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuks</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1037–1194</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Khwarazmian_Empire" title="Khwarazmian Empire">Khwarezmids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1215–1231</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_the_Khwarazmian_Empire" title="Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire">Mongol Invasion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1219–1226</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Chagatai_Khanate" title="Chagatai Khanate">Chagatai Khanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1226–1245</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Qarlughids" title="Qarlughids">Qarlughids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1224–1266</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1256–1335</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kart_dynasty" title="Kart dynasty">Kartids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1245–1381</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1370–1507</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Arghun_dynasty" title="Arghun dynasty">Arghuns</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1520–1591</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Modern</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughals</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1501–1738</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavids</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1510–1709</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Khanate" title="Kunduz Khanate">Kunduz Khanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> ?–1859</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Hotak_dynasty" title="Hotak dynasty">Hotak dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1709–1738</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sadozai_Sultanate_of_Herat" title="Sadozai Sultanate of Herat">Sadozai Sultanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1716–1732</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid Iran</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1738–1747</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1747–1823</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Maimana_Khanate" title="Maimana Khanate">Maimana Khanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1747–1892</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Herat_(1793%E2%80%931863)" title="Herat (1793–1863)">Herat</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1793–1863</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Qandahar" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Qandahar">Principality of Qandahar</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1818–1855</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Emirate of Afghanistan">Emirate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1823–1926</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan_(1929)" title="Emirate of Afghanistan (1929)">Saqqawist Emirate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1929</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1926–1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/1973_Afghan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1973 Afghan coup d'état">Daoud coup</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Afghanistan_(1973%E2%80%931978)" title="Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)">Republic</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1973–1978</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Saur_Revolution" title="Saur Revolution">Saur Revolution</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1978</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Democratic Republic</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1978–1992</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/1990_Afghan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 Afghan coup d'état attempt">Tanai coup attempt</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1990</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic State of Afghanistan">Islamic State</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1992–1996</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan_(1996%E2%80%932001)" title="Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)">Islamic Emirate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1996–2001</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan" title="United States invasion of Afghanistan">US invasion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2001</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic State of Afghanistan">Islamic State</a> (reinstated)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2001</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Interim_Administration" title="Afghan Interim Administration">Interim</a>/<a href="/wiki/Transitional_Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan" title="Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan">Transitional Administration</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2001–2004</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Islamic Republic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Politics of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">politics</a>)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2004–2021</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Islamic Emirate</a> (reinstated)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">since</span> 2021</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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It became part of the Afghan <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a> in the mid-18th century. It saw a major migration from <a href="/wiki/Russian_Turkestan" title="Russian Turkestan">Russian Turkestan</a> in the north during the early 1920s. During the governance of <a href="/wiki/Sher_Khan_Nasher" class="mw-redirect" title="Sher Khan Nasher">Sher Khan Nasher</a>, Kunduz became one of the wealthiest of Afghanistan's provinces, mainly due to Nasher's founding of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Spinzar_Cotton_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spinzar Cotton Company (page does not exist)">Spinzar Cotton Company</a>, which continues to exist in post-war Afghanistan in the early 20th century. </p><p>Between 100,000 and 200,000 Tajiks and Uzbeks fled the conquest of their homeland by <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> and settled in northern Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-Wörmer_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wörmer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province witnessed much violence and fighting during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">war in Afghanistan</a> Kunduz was captured by NATO forces. In November 2001, members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, along with Pakistani military personnel and Afghan sympathizers were airlifted to Pakistan to evade NATO capture in the <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunduz Airlift">Kunduz Airlift</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg/220px-Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg/330px-Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg/440px-Afghan_border_crossing_at_Sher_Khan_in_Kunduz_Province-4-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sherkhan_Bandar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherkhan Bandar">Sherkhan Bandar</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Imam_Sahib_District" title="Imam Sahib District">Imam Sahib District</a> of Kunduz province, is the border crossing between Afghanistan and neighboring Tajikistan.</figcaption></figure> <p>Germany had 4,000 soldiers stationed in the <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">NATO-ISAF</a> Kunduz province <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Reconstruction_Team" title="Provincial Reconstruction Team">Provincial Reconstruction Team</a>, along with Regional Command North. The province was largely peaceful until <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> militants started infiltrating the area in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 September 2009, the German commander called in an American jet fighter, which attacked two NATO fuel trucks, which had been captured by insurgents. More than 90 people died, among them at least 40 civilians, who had gathered to collect fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">2009 Kunduz airstrike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Province_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunduz Province Campaign">Kunduz Province Campaign</a></div> <p>It was reported that on 21 November 2009, a bomb going off along the Takhar Kunduz highway killed a child and injured two others.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The governor, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Omar_(Afghan_governor)" title="Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)">Mohammad Omar</a>, was killed by a bomb on 8 October 2010. </p><p>On 10 February 2011, a suicide bomber killed a district governor and six other people in the district of <a href="/wiki/Chardara_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chardara District">Chardara</a> in Kunduz Province, where the insurgency is well entrenched.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the Taliban's resurgence in northern Afghanistan, Kunduz has been increasingly affected by war and instability. The <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> after their ouster did not gain a foothold in Kunduz Province until 2009, but since then their influence expanded and they eventually captured the capital city of Kunduz briefly in 2015 and 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, many parts are under <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> control. Since the mid-2010s and in 2021 many residents have been forced to flee the province to places like <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> or across the border to Tajikistan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 August 2021, the Taliban regained control of Kunduz City according to local sources.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province is served by <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Airport" title="Kunduz Airport">Kunduz Airport</a> which had regularly scheduled direct flights to <a href="/wiki/Kabul_International_Airport" title="Kabul International Airport">Kabul</a> as of May 2014. The <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan%E2%80%93Afghanistan_bridge_at_Panji_Poyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajikistan–Afghanistan bridge at Panji Poyon">Tajikistan–Afghanistan bridge at Panji Poyon</a> connects the province to Tajikistan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Livestock_husbandry" class="mw-redirect" title="Livestock husbandry">livestock husbandry</a> are the primary occupations of the provinces residents. Fruit and vegetable are the most commonly farms items but there is also some cotton and sesame production.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmers faced <a href="/wiki/Water_scarcity" title="Water scarcity">water shortages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.pajhwok.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Men and women in Kunduz were employed in clothing production, metal working, carpentry and hide business.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.pajhwok.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The port of <a href="/wiki/Sherkhan_Bandar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherkhan Bandar">Sherkhan Bandar</a> provides an international outlet for Kunduz's goods and has allowed for importing commercial goods from Asia, Middle East, and the Persian Gulf.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.pajhwok.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotton production is the province's most important industry. <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is a significant source of income for 66 percent of households in the province, including 34 percent of urban households. However, commerce and services provide income to 28% of households, and non-farm work provides income to 15% of households. To some extent, Kunduz produces industrial crops. Sesame is another important product, in addition to cotton. The province's small-business sector is essentially non-existent, and karakul skin is the main product. Handicrafts aren't made in significant quantities, but rugs and jewelry are made to some extent. In the province, 85 percent of households have access to irrigated land, while 12 percent have access to irrigated land. Wheat, rice, watermelons, melons, and maize are among the province's most important field crops. Sheep, cattle, poultry, donkeys, and goats are the most frequent livestock.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The percentage of households with clean drinking water fell from 25% in 2005 to 16% in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cimicweb.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The percentage of births attended to by a skilled birth attendant increased from 6% in 2005 to 22% in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cimicweb.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only 25% of families have access to safe drinking water, and only 18% of houses have access to electricity, with the bulk relying on public power. Safe toilets are found in only 2% of urban households, while they are almost non-existent in rural regions. The province's transportation infrastructure is fairly well developed, with 68 percent of roads capable of carrying car traffic in all seasons. However, there are no roads in 4% of the province. In terms of telecommunications, the <a href="/wiki/Roshan_(telco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roshan (telco)">Roshan (telco)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Wireless" title="Afghan Wireless">Afghan Wireless</a>, and MTN Digital phone networks are all operational in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The overall literacy rate (6+ years of age) fell from 33% in 2005 to 20% in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cimicweb.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The overall net enrolment rate (6–13 years of age) fell from 62% in 2005 to 50% in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cimicweb.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kunduz_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Demography_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Demography of Afghanistan">Demography of Afghanistan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg/220px-US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg/330px-US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg/440px-US_Army_ethnolinguistic_map_of_Afghanistan_--_circa_2001-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2319" data-file-height="2123" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ethnolinguistics" title="Ethnolinguistics">Ethnolinguistic</a> groups of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kunduz_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kunduz_districts.png/220px-Kunduz_districts.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kunduz_districts.png/330px-Kunduz_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kunduz_districts.png/440px-Kunduz_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption>Districts of Kunduz</figcaption></figure> <p>Although a reliable census has not been carried out, as of 2020 the population of Kunduz province is estimated to be around 1,136,677 people.<sup id="cite_ref-nsia_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province is mostly rural and very ethnically diverse of Afghanistan's provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a>, the ethnic groups of the province are as follows: <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</a> 33%, <a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a> 27%, <a href="/wiki/Tajiks" title="Tajiks">Tajiks</a> 22%, <a href="/wiki/Turkmens" title="Turkmens">Turkmens</a> 11%, <a href="/wiki/Hazaras" title="Hazaras">Hazaras</a> 6%, and <a href="/wiki/Pashais" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashais">Pashais</a> 1%.<sup id="cite_ref-nps_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nps-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wörmer_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wörmer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 94% of the population practice <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> and 6% are followers of <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_Afghanistan" title="Shia Islam in Afghanistan">Shia Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nps_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nps-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major languages spoken in the area are <a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dari_Persian" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari Persian">Dari Persian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_language" title="Uzbek language">Uzbeki</a>. </p><p>An estimated 49.3% of the population is female, with the other 50.7% being male.<sup id="cite_ref-nsia_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"> <caption>Districts of Kunduz Province </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Population<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Area<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop.<br />density </th> <th>Demographics<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Abad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Abad District">Ali Abad</a></td> <td></td> <td>53,276</td> <td>565</td> <td>94</td> <td>47% Pashtuns, 33% Tajiks, 12% Hazara, 8% Uzbeks <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Archi_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Archi District">Archi</a></td> <td></td> <td>95,903</td> <td>676</td> <td>142</td> <td>40% Pashtuns, 35% Uzbeks, 15% Tajiks, 10% Turkmen<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chardara_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chardara District">Chardara</a></td> <td></td> <td>83,037</td> <td>1,158</td> <td>72</td> <td>33% Uzbeks, 25% Tajiks, 22% Pashtuns, 17% Turkmen, 3% Hazara </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Imam_Sahib_District" title="Imam Sahib District">Imam Sahib</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherkhan_Bandar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherkhan Bandar">Sherkhan Bandar</a></td> <td>264,555</td> <td>1,778</td> <td>149</td> <td>45% Uzbeks, 25% Pashtuns, 25% Tajiks, <1% Hazara<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Includes the <i>Kalbaad District</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khan_Abad_District" title="Khan Abad District">Khan Abad</a></td> <td></td> <td>184,062</td> <td>1,092</td> <td>169</td> <td>40% Pashtuns, 25% Tajiks, 20% Hazara, 10% Uzbeks, 5% Pashai<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Includes the <a href="/wiki/Aqtash_District" title="Aqtash District">Aqtash District</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_District" title="Kunduz District">Kunduz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a></td> <td>376,232</td> <td>612</td> <td>615</td> <td>33% Pashtuns, 27% Uzbeks, 22% Tajiks, 11% Turkmen, 6% Hazara, 1% Pashai<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Includes the <i>Gul Tepah District</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qalay-I-Zal_District" title="Qalay-I-Zal District">Qalay-I-Zal</a></td> <td></td> <td>79,612</td> <td>1,984</td> <td>40</td> <td>90% Turkmen, 10% Pashtuns<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d3d3d3"> <td><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kunduz</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>1,136,677</b> </td> <td><b>8,081</b> </td> <td><b>141</b> </td> <td>33.2% <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</a>, 26.8% <a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a>, 21.8% <a href="/wiki/Tajiks" title="Tajiks">Tajiks</a>, 9.9% <a href="/wiki/Turkmens" title="Turkmens">Turkmens</a>, 6.1% <a href="/wiki/Hazaras" title="Hazaras">Hazaras</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Pashayi_people" title="Pashayi people">Pashayi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 July</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Estimated+Population+of+Afghanistan+2020-21&rft.pub=Islamic+Republic+of+Afghanistan%2C+National+Statistics+and+Information+Authority&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsia.gov.af%3A8080%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2F%25D8%25A8%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A2%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AF-%25D9%2586%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3-%25DA%25A9%25D8%25B4%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1-%25DB%25B1%25DB%25B3%25DB%25B9%25DB%25B9-%25D9%2586%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AE%25DB%2580-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2588%25D9%2584.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nps-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nps_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nps_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nps_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121002214003/http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Kunduz/Kunduz_Executive_2009.pdf">"Province: Kunduz"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Program for Culture & Conflict Studies</i>. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Kunduz/Kunduz_Executive_2009.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2 October 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Program+for+Culture+%26+Conflict+Studies&rft.atitle=Province%3A+Kunduz&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.edu%2FPrograms%2FCCS%2FKunduz%2FKunduz_Executive_2009.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Archived at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/72FA9HLBQls">Ghostarchive</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211023171954/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FA9HLBQls">Wayback Machine</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FA9HLBQls">"Do you know why Kunduz is called 'Little Afghanistan"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=Do+you+know+why+Kunduz+is+called+%27Little+Afghanistan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D72FA9HLBQls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenjamin_Dubow2009" class="citation web cs1">Benjamin Dubow (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=senior_seminar">"Ethnicity, Space, and Politics in Afghanistan"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(Urban Studies Senior Seminar Papers)</span>. University of Pennsylvania, Urban Studies Program.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ethnicity%2C+Space%2C+and+Politics+in+Afghanistan&rft.pub=University+of+Pennsylvania%2C+Urban+Studies+Program&rft.date=2009&rft.au=Benjamin+Dubow&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.upenn.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1012%26context%3Dsenior_seminar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGossman2020" class="citation journal cs1">Gossman, Patricia (30 June 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/06/30/you-have-no-right-complain/education-social-restrictions-and-justice-taliban-held">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"You Have No Right to Complain": Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan"</a>. <i>Human Rights Watch</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Human+Rights+Watch&rft.atitle=%22You+Have+No+Right+to+Complain%22%3A+Education%2C+Social+Restrictions%2C+and+Justice+in+Taliban-Held+Afghanistan&rft.date=2020-06-30&rft.aulast=Gossman&rft.aufirst=Patricia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrw.org%2Freport%2F2020%2F06%2F30%2Fyou-have-no-right-complain%2Feducation-social-restrictions-and-justice-taliban-held&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wörmer-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wörmer_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wörmer_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWörmer2012" class="citation web cs1">Wörmer, Nils (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/fachpublikationen/wrm_2012_the_networks_of_Kunduz.pdf">"The Networks of Kunduz: A History of Conflict and Their Actors, from 1992 to 2001"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik</i>. <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Analysts_Network" title="Afghanistan Analysts Network">Afghanistan Analysts Network</a>. p. 8<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2013</span>. <q>According to <i>The Liaison Office</i> the ethnic composition of Kunduz province is as follows: 24 per cent Tajik 27 per cent Uzbek, 20 per cent Pashtun, , 9.4 per cent Turkmen, 4.6 per cent Arab, 23.5 per cent Hazara, plus a few very small groups including Baluch, Pashai and Nuristani.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Stiftung+Wissenschaft+und+Politik&rft.atitle=The+Networks+of+Kunduz%3A+A+History+of+Conflict+and+Their+Actors%2C+from+1992+to+2001&rft.pages=8&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=W%C3%B6rmer&rft.aufirst=Nils&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swp-berlin.org%2Ffileadmin%2Fcontents%2Fproducts%2Ffachpublikationen%2Fwrm_2012_the_networks_of_Kunduz.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBilal_Sarwary2001" class="citation news cs1">Bilal Sarwary (8 July 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8138722.stm">"Taliban infiltrate once-peaceful Afghan north"</a>. BBC News<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Taliban+infiltrate+once-peaceful+Afghan+north&rft.date=2001-07-08&rft.au=Bilal+Sarwary&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fsouth_asia%2F8138722.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/200994465561117.html">Scores dead in Nato raid on Kunduz</a>. Al Jazeera English, September 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/04/afghanistan-taliban">Nato air strike in Afghanistan kills scores</a> – <i>The Guardian</i>, 4 September 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/21/content_12516583.htmRoadside">bombings kill 2 Afghan children</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2022">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>", November 2009. Kabul, Xinhua news</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKing2011" class="citation news cs1">King, Laura (2 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-assassination-20110211,0,5033683.story">"Afghanistan suicide bomber kills district governor, 6 others"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Afghanistan+suicide+bomber+kills+district+governor%2C+6+others&rft.date=2011-10-02&rft.aulast=King&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fworld%2Fla-fg-afghan-assassination-20110211%2C0%2C5033683.story&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/30/afghanistan-taliban-checkpoints/">"Taliban checkpoints are proliferating on Afghanistan's key roadways as foreign troops withdraw"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. 30 April 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Taliban+checkpoints+are+proliferating+on+Afghanistan%27s+key+roadways+as+foreign+troops+withdraw&rft.date=2021-04-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2F2021%2F04%2F30%2Fafghanistan-taliban-checkpoints%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/8/taliban-continues-capturing-more-cities-afghanista/">"Taliban captures three provincial capitals in lightning offensive"</a>. <i>The Washington Times</i>. 8 August 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Times&rft.atitle=Taliban+captures+three+provincial+capitals+in+lightning+offensive&rft.date=2021-08-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2Faug%2F8%2Ftaliban-continues-capturing-more-cities-afghanista%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afghanag.ucdavis.edu/country-info/Province-agriculture-profiles/unfr-reports/All-Kunduz.pdf">Kunduz</a> UN, 2003 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130717152901/http://afghanag.ucdavis.edu/country-info/Province-agriculture-profiles/unfr-reports/All-Kunduz.pdf">Archived</a> 17 July 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-elections.pajhwok.com-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elections.pajhwok.com_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kunduz growers face irrigation water shortage, other pressing problems, By: Hidayatullah Hamdard ,Date: 2013-09-17, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.elections.pajhwok.com/en/content/kunduz-growers-face-irrigation-water-shortage-other-pressing-problems">http://www.elections.pajhwok.com/en/content/kunduz-growers-face-irrigation-water-shortage-other-pressing-problems</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170703191019/http://www.elections.pajhwok.com/en/content/kunduz-growers-face-irrigation-water-shortage-other-pressing-problems">Archived</a> 3 July 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Handbook": 87.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Afghanistan+Provincial+Reconstruction+Handbook&rft.pages=87&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKunduz+Province" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cimicweb.org-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cimicweb.org_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Archive, Civil Military Fusion Centre, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cimicweb.org/AfghanistanProvincialMap/Pages/Kunduz.aspx">https://www.cimicweb.org/AfghanistanProvincialMap/Pages/Kunduz.aspx</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130902051845/https://www.cimicweb.org/AfghanistanProvincialMap/Pages/Kunduz.aspx">Archived</a> 2 September 2013 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Handbook": 98.</cite><span 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