Wazir Akbar Khan (Kabul)

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Airport Road in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul.
Airport Road in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul.
The Wazir Akbar Khan area is shown in the upper right hand corner of this map of Kabul.
The Wazir Akbar Khan area is shown in the upper right hand corner of this map of Kabul.

A wealthy suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan where many embassies are located including the U.S. and Canadian[1] embassies. The neighbourhood is named after the Akbar Khan, son of the former anti-British king Dost Mohammad and is a common place for foreign workers to live. The streets are laid out on a grid with Western, two-storey houses that date back to the 60s and 70s.[2]

The early part of the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is set in this suburb.

According to Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood "... is [sic] controlled and inhabited by al Qaida personnel."[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Embassy of Canada to Afghanistan", Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, August 22, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-15. 
  2. ^ Sacred Cows: Banana Republic
  3. ^ OARDEC (20 September 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ajam, Ahmed Adnan Muhammad pages 84-85. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  4. ^ OARDEC (21 May 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ahjm, Ahmed Adnan pages 93-94. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
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