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Herat. Herat ( Persian: هرات, Herāt) is a city in Afghanistan. As of 2012, about 436,300 people live there. [1] It is the third-largest city in Afghanistan. It is the capital of Herat Province. It is in the west of the country, close to the border of Iran. The spoken language in the city is called Herati Persian or just Herati.
Sep 4, 2021 · Herat, a Silk Road city close to the border with Iran, was seen as one of Afghanistan's most liberal. The day after US troops left, hundreds of Taliban supporters filled the streets. Others stayed ...
Herat was destined to become the chief capital of an empire that stretched from China into Iran, and a pinnacle of Muslim civilization. The upturn began with the appointment of Timur’s youngest son, Shah Rukh, as governor of Herat (1397 C.E.). A pious and scholarly man who preferred the rewards of peace to wider conquests, he must have been a ...
Oct 9, 2023 · CNN —. International aid groups in Afghanistan are scrambling to send help to survivors of an earthquake which has left more than 2,000 people dead and many more injured in a war-ravaged nation ...
Oct 7, 2021 · HERAT, Afghanistan — For three days and nights, the bodies of four accused kidnappers dangled from construction cranes — three of them hoisted high above a prettily painted traffic plaza ...
Sep 1, 2021 · Afghan families in Herat boarded buses to Kabul, believing they would be safer there from Taliban rule. Image. A woman passenger in a car awaiting security clearance at a Herat checkpoint. The ...
Feb 7, 2020 · Herat, Afghanistan – The narrow road that leads to the Yu Aw synagogue in the ancient city of Herat in western Afghanistan is lined with traditional mud homes that, despite their rough exterior ...
