Pul-i-Khumri

Pul-i-Khumri or Pol-e Khomri both: po͝ol-ĭ-kho͝omrēˈ [key], town, capital of Baghlan prov., central Afghanistan. It is a trading center and a stopping place for trucks and caravans traveling to N Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics.

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