Kārte Parwān

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Kārte Parwān is a neighborhood in north-western Kabul, Afghanistan, and home to the Sikh Gurdwara Karte Parwan, Sheerno Junior High, Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul and the Bagh-e Bala Palace. The area used to be the center of the Afghan Hindu and Afghan Sikh communities before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is located 3 to 5 km away from downtown Kabul, and the Salang Watt road passes through part of it. The area is noted for having several high-profile mansions. Most of its residents are ethnic Tajiks.https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kabul-Police-Districts.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

The Pakistan embassy in Kabul is also located in this neighborhood.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/454974/palatial-mansion-pakistans-biggest-and-busiest-diplomatic-mission/|title=Palatial mansion: Pakistan's biggest and busiest diplomatic mission|work=The Express Tribune|first=Robin|last=Fernandez|date=22 October 2012|accessdate=31 December 2018}}

Notable people

  • Abdullah Abdullah, the former Chief Executive and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, is said to have been born in a house in this neighborhood and still resides in the same house.{{cite news |title=Dr. Abdullah Abdullah |url=http://www.khaama.com/dr-abdullah-abdullah |date=26 September 2013 |publisher=www.khaama.com |accessdate=25 October 2013 |quote=Fifty years ago I was born in the second district of Karte Parwan in Kabul in the same house where I reside today.}}
  • al-Qaeda militants, Saif al-Adel and Abu Faraj al-Libbi, and associated members of the Khadr family are reported to have lived in the area in and around the year 2000.Shephard, Michelle, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008.

References

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Category:Neighborhoods of Kabul

Category:Sikhism in Kabul

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