12 Facts About Gardez

Gardez is the capital of the Paktia Province of Afghanistan.

The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley.

On 14 August 2021, Gardez was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the nineteenth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.

Gardez is an ancient settlement, located within a large intramountainous depression in the Sulaiman Mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

Gardez later became a center of Kharijism and suffered several attacks by anti-Kharijite military chiefs.

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Gardez is located at 2,308 m above sea level, making it the third-highest provincial capital in Afghanistan, and is not far from the Tora Bora region of caves and tunnels.

Gardez is located at a junction between two important roads, one connecting Kabul with Khost, the other linking Ghazni with Parachinar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Gardez is 70 kilometres northwest of Khost and 100 kilometres south of Kabul.

Gardez has a cold semi-arid climate with dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

Gardez is located in eastern Afghanistan close to Ghazni and Khost.

City of Gardez is a major fuel wood market for Kabul.

Gardez was the former home of the 3rd Corps of the Afghan Army.