Afghanistan · 19th century
Qala-i-Jangi (Dari/Pashto: قلعهِ جنگی) is a 19th-century fortress located near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. It is known for being the site of a bloody 2001 Taliban uprising named the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, in which at least 470 people were killed, including CIA agent Johnny "Mike" Spann. Qala-i-Jangi served as Northern Alliance warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum's military garrison during the opening stages of the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021).
Text adapted from “Qala-i-Jangi” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qala-i-Jangi ranks #1,451 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 12 mapped in Afghanistan. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,595 times in the last 60 days, more than 88% of the atlas. See how Afghanistan compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →