11 Facts About Kandahar Province

The Emir of Afghanistan sends orders to Kabul from Kandahar Province making it the de facto capital of Afghanistan, although the main government body operates in Kabul.

Kandahar Province contains about 18 districts, over 1,000 villages, and approximately 1,431,876 people, which is mostly tribal and a rural society.

Excavations of prehistoric sites by archaeologists such as Louis Dupree and others suggest that the region around Kandahar Province is one of the oldest human settlements known so far.

Kandahar Province rebelled against the Safavids and established the Hotaki dynasty which became a powerful Afghan empire until 1729 when Nader Shah declared war on the Ghilzai rulers.

Kandahar Province was replaced in 2003 by Yousef Pashtun followed by Asadullah Khalid and others.

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Kandahar Province has been the site of much of the violence in the War on Terror in Afghanistan.

Dari and Balochi is understood by some, especially in the city of Kandahar Province where learning of Dari as a second language is promoted in public schools.

Kandahar Province is an agricultural area and several of the districts are irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.

In partnership with the Asia Foundation, Kandahar Province University conducted a pilot project that provided female high school graduates with a four-month refresher course to prepare for the college entrance examination.

Kandahar Province University is far behind many of the other universities in the country because of insecurity and shortage of funding,.

Some well known public schools in Kandahar Province are Ahmad Shah Baba High School, Mahmud Tarzi High School, Mirwais Hotak High School, Nazo Ana High School, Shah Mahmud Hotak High School, and Zarghuna Ana High School.