Afshar, Kabul

For the administrative subdivision of Iran, see Afshar District.
Afshar
افشار
اوشار
Neighborhood
Coordinates: 34°32′N 69°07′E / 34.533°N 69.117°E / 34.533; 69.117
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceKabul

Afshar (Dari: افشار, romanized: Afshār) is a hillside settlement situated in western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Most of its population are of the Qizilbash and Hazara ethnic groups.

The neighbourhood was the site of the Afshar massacre of 1993.

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