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A Brief History of Kabul:
Kabul is an ancient city, which with its trade routes to the East, North and West, has had great commercial importance. This city has been inhabited and prosperous from olden times. Some of the historians have located the old city of Kabul at Bagram or Kapisa and have mentioned that war and aggression were the cause of the removal of the city to its present place. The antiquity of Kabul equals that of Balkh and Bamian. In the Veda, 'Kaiha' is the name given to Kabul. Some historians believe that the name Kabul is derived from a Sindi word which means "Centre of Trade" and perhaps the cause of this naming is that most of the caravans of Sind used to bring their merchandise to the markets of Kabul. The trade and commercial fame of Kabul has been well known from very ancient times.
Herodotus (circa 484-424 B.C), the great Greek historian, mentioned the trading of merchandise from Kabul in the markets of Greece and Rome. During the invasion of
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