Kārte Seh
Kārte Seh, is a neighborhood in western Kabul, Afghanistan, part of District 6.
Kārte Seh, is a neighborhood in western Kabul, Afghanistan, part of District 6. It is a planned and middle-class settlement and is associated with Afghanistan's Shia Hazara minority. Karte Seh is also famous for being the site of the orphanage that Aziza is sent to in Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns.
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Worth seeing in and around Kārte Seh
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kabul University
Kabul University is a university located in Kabul province, Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul near the Ministry of Higher Education.
2 km · university in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 02National Museum of Afghanistan
The National Museum of Afghanistan is located across the small street from the Darul Aman Palace in the Darulaman area of Kabul, Afghanistan. It was once considered to be one of the world's finest museums.
3.8 km · museum · Wikipedia - 03Gardens of Babur
The Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, Chihil Sutun to the south, and the Kabul Zoo to the northwest.
2.5 km · park in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 04Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city.
3.9 km · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 05Kabul Zoo
The Kabul Zoo is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the bank of the Kabul River and adjacent to the Deh Mazang Circle. Its public entrance is on Asmayi Road across from the Kabul Traffic Police Headquarters.
2.3 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 06American University of Afghanistan
The American University of Afghanistan is an online private university. After the fall of Kabul in 2021, many former students of AUAF live abroad and transitioned to online teaching.
2.8 km · private university in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 07mount Asmai
The Koh-e Asamai is a mountain located directly to the west of downtown Kabul, Afghanistan at an elevation of 2,126 metres. It is known colloquially as the Television Hill due to the large TV mast and antennas at its summit.
2.8 km · Afghan mountain · Wikipedia - 08Kabul University of Medical Sciences
Kabul Medical University, formerly known as Kabul Medical Institute, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan within the campus grounds of Kabul University. KMU was a subordinate institute to Kabul University but developed into a single autonomous university in 2005.
1.9 km · medical university in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 09Chihil Sutun
Chihil Sutun, also spelled as Chehel Sutoon, Chelsutoon, Chehelseton or Chihilsitoon, is a historic palace with gardens in Kabul, Afghanistan. The 30-hectare park is fully walled and located in the city's historical Chihilsitoon neighborhood, about 3.6.km east of the Darulaman neighborhood.
3.9 km · palace in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 10Sakhi Shrine
The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine or Ziyarat-e Sakhi, is a mosque and shrine complex, located in the Karte Sakhi area of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is associated with the place to which the cloak of the Islamic prophet Muhammad was brought and with a visit from Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, who would later serve as Caliph himself.
2.5 km · shrine and mosque in Kabul, Afghqnistan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kārte Seh
- Airports
- Kabul (KBL), 10 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 226 km
- Mazar-i-Sharif → Kārte SehTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Kandahar → Kārte SehTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Guzara → Kārte SehTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kārte Seh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kārte Seh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCoaches from reputable companies are reasonably modern and comfortable, although rather slow compared to shared taxis.
- Get inMinibuses and shared taxis arrive and depart from six official locations around the city.
- Get inShared taxis and most minibuses leave when full rather than on fixed schedules.
- Get inShared taxis have no particular appearance of their own – they look the same as city taxis (i.e.
- Get inIf you'd prefer this, try to discern the going per-seat rate for shared taxis to your destination, multiply it by the number of seats, and then negotiate a discount.
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Next door to Kārte Seh
Kārte Seh is 5 km from Kabul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kabul Districtdistrict of Kabul Province, Afghanistan2.4 km
- Dashte Barchihuman settlement in Afghanistan3.6 km
- Jada e Maiwandneighborhood of Kabul in Afghanistan2.1 km
- Murad Khanedistrict of Kabul3.6 km