Asadabad, historically called Chighansarai, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Kunar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Asadabad District and has an estimated population of 42,396 people. Mullah Nazar Mohammad Attiq is the current mayor of the city.
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Asadabad is home to the Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University, which is located in the southwestern part of the city. Asadabad also has a number of bazaars, business centers, public parks, banks, hotels, restaurants, mosques, hospitals, universities, and places to play sports or just relax. In 2015 there were 6,350 dwelling units in the city.
Asadabad is located within a valley at the confluence of the Pech River and the Kunar River, between two mountain ridgelines running along both sides of the valley from northeast to southwest. It is in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains about 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of the Durand Line (Afghanistan-Pakistan border) and 80 km (50 mi) northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province.
From the Wikipedia article Asadabad, Afghanistan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Asadābād
- Āsmār26 km NE
- Upper Dir76 km NE
- Tangi79 km SE
- Bat Khela81 km E
- Jalālābād81 km SW
- Shabqadar82 km SE
- Mehtar Lām89 km W
- Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn92 km SW
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