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'''Kabul''' is the capital city of [[Afghanistan]], located in the center of the country. As of 2005, the [[United Nations]] estimates its population at around 2,994,000.<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2 UN Database of Population Statistics]</ref>
 
'''Kabul''' is the capital city of [[Afghanistan]], located in the center of the country. As of 2005, the [[United Nations]] estimates its population at around 2,994,000.<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2 UN Database of Population Statistics]</ref>
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It is the goal of the [[Taliban]] to recapture this city in order to retake control of the country in August 2021, just in time for the 20th anniversary of [[9/11]].
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The main airport for leaving [[Afghanistan]] is located at Kabul, resulting in a chaotic gathering of [[American]]s and refugees there in late August 2021 as the country fell to the [[Taliban]].  On August 26, 2021, two suicide attacks killed and wounded American troops and civilians.
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The [[Taliban]] quickly recaptured this entire city in order to retake control of the country amid the inept pullout of troops by [[U.S.]] President [[Joe Biden]] in August 2021, just in time for the 20th anniversary of [[9/11]].
    
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