List of cities in Afghanistan

Kabul

Herat

Jalalabad

Kandahar

Mazar-i-Sharif

Kunduz

Lashkargah

Puli Khumri

Farah

Ghazni

Maymana

Khost

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Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations^[1]

The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million.^[a] Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside.^[2]

The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population. Population estimates are from 2018.^[10]

Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:

• Largest cities in Afghanistan
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  Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents
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  Kandahar is the second largest city and the former capital of Afghanistan. The city is located in southern Afghanistan.^[14][15][16]
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  Herat is the third largest city and is located in western Afghanistan
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  Mazar-i-Sharif is the fourth largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan
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  Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

• Smaller Afghan cities and towns
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  Lashkargah, capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan
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  Section of Ghazni, capital of Ghazni Province
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  Khost, capital of Khost Province in the east of the country
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  Fayzabad, capital of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan
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  Zaranj, capital of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan
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  Qalat, the capital of Zabul Province in the south of the country
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  Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province in the east of the country

• Provinces of Afghanistan
• Districts of Afghanistan
• List of places in Afghanistan
• Demography of Afghanistan

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Afghanistan.

• Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
• Photos of Afghan cities
• World Gazetteer: Afghanistan – map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)
• Wilson, Frederick E. "Transcription of Afghan Placenames to an English-style Romanization." Names 34.2 (1986): 185-197.