Mahmud-i-Raqi

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|other_name = Mahmud-Araqi, Sedq Abad

|native_name =محمود راقى

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|population_urban =50,490{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities report2015 |url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |ref=UN-Habitat |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |archivedate=2015-10-31 }}

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The city of Mahmud-i-Raqi is the capital of Kapisa Province and center of Mahmud Raqi District in Afghanistan. It has a population of 50,490 and is made up of four districts. Mahmood Raqi, located to the northeast of Kabul, is classified as an urban village.{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|ref=UN-Habitat|access-date=2015-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|archive-date=2015-10-31|url-status=dead}} It is approximately 70 km from

Kabul and 20 km to Charikar.

On 15 August 2021, Mahmud-i-Raqi was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the thirtieth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.