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(Kābol), capital of Afghanistan, also the name of its province and a river. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 3, pp. 280-318 KABUL i. GEOGRAPHY OF THE PROVINCE Kabul is part of a system of high level basins, the elevation of which varies from 1,500 to 3,600 meters, extends—geographically speaking—beyond the administrative borders of the present-day province and includes large parts of the neighboring provinces Parvān and Kapisa on its northern flank. Drained by the Panjšēr in the north and the K…