Almara

{{Short description | Village in Khost Province, Afghanistan}}

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| subdivision_name1 = Khost Province

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Almara is a village in Khost Province, Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Almara,+Afghanistan/@33.2999992,69.6745782,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x38d7b2c5b0961ebf:0xf416ceed58f343cf!8m2!3d33.3!4d69.683333?hl=en&authuser=0|title=Almara, Afghanistan|last=|first=|date=|website=Google Maps|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-26}} It was the birthplace of Zadian chieftain Babrak Khan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawatmedia24.com/amp/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84%db%90/%d8%a8%d8%a8%d8%b1%da%a9-%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%86-%da%81%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%da%bc-%d8%b5%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%87-%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/|title=ببرک خان ځدراڼ/صفيه حليم|website=www.dawatmedia24.com/|language=ps|access-date=2020-03-11|archive-date=2019-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922164154/http://www.dawatmedia24.com/amp/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84%db%90/%d8%a8%d8%a8%d8%b1%da%a9-%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%86-%da%81%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%da%bc-%d8%b5%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%87-%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/|url-status=dead}} and the winter home of his son, Mazrak Zadran.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFdQAQAAMAAJ|title=The Assassination of Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan: Report of the Commission of Enquiry|last=|first=|date=1952|publisher=Manager of Publications|isbn=|location=|pages=11|language=en}} A report in 1980 described the Almara villagers as people who considered it polite to squat when one is taking a meal or when one is in the presence of his or her elderly relatives.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjfjAAAAMAAJ|title=Afghanistan|last=|first=|date=1980|publisher=Historical Society of Afghanistan.|isbn=|location=|pages=56|language=en}}