After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

They include Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan International Bank, Azizi Bank, Kabul Bank, Pashtany Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, First Micro Finance Bank, and others.

NATO's military terminal at Kabul International Airport

NATO's military terminal at Kabul International Airport

In early 2002, a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) was deployed in Kabul and from there they began taking over other parts of the country.

Some of the targets were the Kabul International Airport, Serena Hotel, Kabul City Center, Inter-Continental Hotel, UN guest house, the Presidential palace, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, Indian Embassy, Afghan National Police stations, supermarkets, residence of Burhanuddin Rabbani and other top Afghan officials.

Kabul International Airport, located from the centre of Kabul, is the country's main airport.

Regional airlines such as Turkish Airlines, Gulf Air, Indian Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ), Iranian Airlines, and others also make frequent stops at Kabul International Airport.

There is also an express bus that runs from the city centre to Kabul International Airport for Safi Airways passengers.

There are approximately 16 licensed banks in Kabul: including Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan International Bank, Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, Pashtany Bank, Afghan United Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Punjab National Bank, Habib Bank and others.

** Kabul International Airport

The Mayor of Kabul Muhammad Yunus Nawandish has brought many municipal reform efforts by the U. S. Agency for International Development ’ s “ Kabul City Initiative ” project, the World Bank, Japanese Government JICA and other International Donors to build municipal capacity, improve service delivery and infrastructure, and increase municipal revenue for a cleaner and greener Kabul.

In addition to this, an $ 80 million central command center is under construction at Kabul International Airport and is scheduled to be ready for use in 2012.

They marked International Women's Day in Kabul in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Inside Kabul International Airport

Kabul Airport also has a military terminal and a section of airport is used by the United States armed forces and the Afghan National Air Force.

NATO also uses the Kabul Airport, but most military traffic is based at Bagram Airfield, situated north of Kabul.

* Kabul International Airport ( 3500 m runway ) is the nation's largest airport and the primary hub for international civilian flights.

The company has its main base at Kabul International Airport, from where it operates domestically, and also provides international connections that link Afghanistan with China, Germany, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

On July 30, 2010, a riot broke out when an Afghan car and a DynCorp vehicle crashed on a road near Kabul International Airport.

– Kabul International Airport

In December 1979, Soviet armed forces landed at Kabul International Airport to help bolster the PDPA-led government of Afghanistan.

NATO's military terminal at Kabul International Airport

Kabul International Airport (, ), also known as Khwaja Rawash Airport (), is located from the city center of Kabul in Afghanistan.

Among the most noted recent works, there is the writer, the swallows of Kabul and the attack of Yasmina Khadra, the oath of barbarians of Boualem Sansal, memory of the flesh of Ahlam Mosteghanemi and the last novel by Assia Djebar nowhere in my father's House.

The nation's other recently announced treasure is the Hajigak iron ore mine, located 130 miles west of Kabul and is believed to hold an estimated 1. 8 billion to 2 billion metric tons of the mineral used to make steel.

The $ 35 billion New Kabul master plan, in which the city is expected to expand north towards Bagram Air Base.

It is expected to revitalize some of the most commercial and historic districts in the City of Kabul, which will contain numerous historic mosques and shrines as well as viable commercial activities among and within war-damaged buildings.

* 1979 – In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.

The Embassy of India is located in Kabul.

It is thought that his dynasty continued to rule in Kabul and Alexandria of the Caucasus until 70 BC when King Hermaeus was defeated by the Yuezhi.

In 1504 Babur, a descendant of Timur, arrived from what is now Uzbekistan and to the city of Kabul.

Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province.

It is linked by approximately of highway with Kabul to the west.

Jalalabad is connected by roads with Kabul and Peshawar in Pakistan.

Because of the many traffic accidents, the highway between the city of Jalalabad and Kabul is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world.

Kabul ( Kābul ) (, ;, ;, ), also spelled Cabool, Caubul, Kabol, or Cabul, mostly in historical contexts, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

Kabul is the 5th fastest growing city in the world and the world's 64th largest city.

It is also the capital of Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan.

According to latest estimates, the population of the Kabul metropolitan area is over 4 million.

Bagram Airfield is about northeast of Kabul.

Kabul is over 3, 500 years old ; many empires have long fought over the valley for its strategic location along the trade routes of South and Central Asia.

The word " Kubhā " is mentioned in Rigveda and the Avesta and appears to refer to the Kabul River.

Hsuan Tsang refers to the name as Kaofu in the 7th century AD, which is the appellation of one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi who had migrated from across the Hindu Kush into the Kabul valley around the beginning of the Christian era.

One of Genghis Khan's grandson is thought to be named Kabul.

Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, a poet from Hindustan who visited at the time wrote: " Dine and drink in Kabul: it is mountain, desert, city, river and all else.

In December 2001, Kabul became the capital of the Afghan Transitional Administration, which transformed to the present Government of Afghanistan that is led by President Hamid Karzai.