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Arg

Afghanistan · 19th century

Founded
1880
Location
Kabul
Coordinates
34.5236°, 69.1789°
Links
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Arg in Afghanistan
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. The palace sits on a 34-hectare (83-acre) site in District 2, between Deh Afghanan and the affluent neighbourhood of Wazir Akbar Khan; it has historically been used by many Afghan heads of state, from Abdur Rahman Khan (who laid its foundation) to Ashraf Ghani.

It was built after the destruction of the Bala Hissar in 1880.

Text adapted from “Arg, Kabul” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Arg ranks #545 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 13 mapped in Afghanistan. Founded 1880, it is older than 5% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,567 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Afghanistan compares in the castle statistics.

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