阿富汗首都-喀布尔

An ancient community, Kabul rose to prominence⁶ in 1504, when it was made the capital of the Moghul Empire（摩格尔帝国） by the conqueror⁷

War-torn museums During the past decade of turmoil8 in Afghanistan, Kabul Museum has been virtually emptied and in other areas of the country sites have been plundered9.

Babur （回教君王巴布尔）. Delhi replaced it as the imperial capital in 1526, but Kabul remained an important Moghul center until it was captured, in 1738, by the Persian ruler Nadir¹⁰ Shah. In 1747 Kabul became part of an independent Afghan state, and in the 1770s it replaced Qandahar as the capital of Afghanistan. It was a focus of British, Persian, and Russian rivalry¹¹ for control of the Khyber Pass in the 19th century, when it was twice occupied (1839-1842 and 1879-1880) by British troops. The city grew as an industrial center after 1940.

Kabul was occupied by troops of the Union of Soviet¹² Socialist¹³ Republics (USSR) in 1979; the USSR withdrew from Afghanistan on Feb. 15, 1989. The city has gone through the toughest and most disastrous¹⁴ civil war in its history between 1992-1996. Over 50,000 people lost their lives during the Mujahideen (圣战) infightings on the streets of Kabul in 1992-1996 period. The city has been under the control of the Taliban government since 1996 and ended in 2001. The Northern Alliance took over the city as the Taliban withdrew from Kabul and retreated southwards. The fate of the city is yet to be known. The role of UN and World community is important in bringing a stable government in Kabul.

Infrastructures¹⁵ such as roads and traffic system, telephone system, electricity, water sanitation¹⁶, renovation¹⁷ of buildings are in shambles¹⁸ and the need for reconstruction is very much needed to bring back the city of Kabul to a better place for living.