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Afghanistan Cities by Population

84 cities shown of 84 total Afghanistan cities that are over 1,000 in population...

1. Kabul 3,043,532
2. Kandahar 391,190
3. Mazar-e Sharif 303,282
4. Herat 272,806
5. Jalalabad 200,331
6. Kunduz 161,902
7. Ghazni 141,000
8. Balkh 114,883
9. Baghlan 108,449
10. Gardez 103,601
11. Khost 96,123
12. Maymana 75,900
13. Khanabad 71,531
14. Khulm 64,933
15. Taloqan 64,256
16. Cool urhajo 58,525
17. Qala i Naw 56,867
18. Pul-e Khumri 56,369
19. Shibirghan 55,641
20. Charikar 53,676
21. Sar-e Pul 52,121
22. Paghman 49,157
23. Aibak 47,823
24. Fayzabad 44,421
25. Lashkar Gah 43,934
26. Girishk 43,588
27. Farah 43,561
28. Ghormach 30,000

29. Shindand 29,264
30. Andkhoy 29,208
31. Rustaq 25,636
32. Qarawul 24,544
33. Nahrin 22,363
34. Baraki Barak 22,305
35. Art Khwajah 18,623
36. Islam Qal`ah 18,086
37. Karukh 17,484
38. Mehtar Lam 17,345
39. Kushk 16,952
40. Shahrak 15,967
41. Asmar 15,708
42. Sang-e Charak 15,377
43. Khash 15,133
44. Markaz-e Woluswali-ye Achin 15,098
45. Jabal os Saraj 15,032
46. Qarqin 15,018
47. Mirabad 14,160
48. Zarghun Shahr 13,737
49. Sangin 13,579
50. Panjab 13,471
51. Uruzgan 13,388
52. Pul-e `Alam 13,247
53. Chiras 12,779
54. Hukumati Azrow 12,526
55. Qarah Bagh 12,412
56. Qalat 12,191

57. Ashkasham 12,120
58. Jarm 12,106
59. Kohistan 12,087
60. Tukzar 12,021
61. Chahar Burj 11,935
62. Larkird 11,635
63. Rudbar 11,034
64. Farkhar 10,480
65. Zindah Jan 10,104
66. Anar Darah 10,023
67. Imam Sahib 9,659
68. Darz Ab 9,642
69. `Alaqahdari Deh-e Shu 9,196
70. Tagaw-Bay 9,096
71. Markaz-e Hukumat-e Darweshan 9,012
72. Qarchi Gak 8,942
73. Dasht-e Archi 8,263
74. Qal`ah-ye Shahr 7,756
75. Zarah Sharan 7,366
76. Tir Pul 6,979
77. Basawul 6,835
78. Yangi Qal`ah 6,541
79. Tagab 6,400
80. Khandud 5,521
81. Mir Bachah Kot 5,405
82. Hukumati Dahanah-ye Ghori 3,307
83. Maidan Shahr 1,600
84. Lab-Sar 1,068

Afghanistan History

The name Afghnistn translates to the Land of Afghans"". Its modern usage derives from the word Afghan."

There are different theories about the origin of the word Afghan, its age, and its meaning. Some believe that Afghan"" is formed from ""Apagn"". The Pashtuns began using the term Afghan as a name for themselves from at least the Islamic period and onwards. According to W. K. Frazier Tyler, M. C. Gillet and several other scholars, ""The word Afghan first appears in history in the Hudud-al-Alam in 982 AD."" Al-Biruni referred to Afghans as various tribes living on the western frontier mountains of the Indus River, which would be the Sulaiman Mountains."

A Moroccan traveller, Ibn Battuta, visiting Kabul in 1333 writes:

We travelled on to Kabul, formerly a vast town, the site of which is now occupied by a village inhabited by a tribe of Persians called Afghans.

In this regard the Encyclopdia Iranica states: