Kārte Parwān
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kārte Parwān
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Neighborhood
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_alt =
| image_seal =
| seal_alt =
| image_shield =
| shield_alt =
| etymology =
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map = Kabul City Map.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{AFG}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Kabul
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type =
| seat =
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_urban_footnotes =
| area_rural_footnotes =
| area_metro_footnotes =
| area_magnitude =
| area_note =
| area_water_percent =
| area_rank =
| area_blank1_title =
| area_blank2_title =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| area_urban_km2 =
| area_rural_km2 =
| area_metro_km2 =
| area_blank1_km2 =
| area_blank2_km2 =
| length_km =
| width_km =
| dimensions_footnotes =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_as_of =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
| population_demonym =
| timezone1 =
| utc_offset1 =
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type =
| postal_code =
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| iso_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
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
{{Reflist}}
{{coord missing|Afghanistan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karte Parwan}}
Category:Neighborhoods of Kabul
{{Kabul-geo-stub}}