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Murad Khane

Murad Khane or Murad Khani is a small historical neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The place

Murad Khane or Murad Khani is a small historical neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan. The neighborhood is part of the city's District 2, situated north of the Kabul River between Da Afghanistan Bank, Ministry of Defense, Eidgah Mosque, Pul-e Khishti Mosque and Kabul Serena Hotel. The Abul Fazl Shrine is in this neighborhood.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Murad Khane

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.

  1. 01
    Gardens 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.

    2.6 km · park in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Arg

    The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.

    700 m · presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ghazi Stadium

    Ghazi Stadium, also known as Kabul Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, across from Chaman-e-Hozori and Eidgah Mosque. The stadium is mainly used for local football training and matches.

    1.1 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bala Hissar

    Bala Hissar was an ancient fortress located in the south of the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD. Bala Hissar sits to the south of the modern city centre at the tail end of the Kuh-e-Shēr Darwāzah mountain.

    1.7 km · fort in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Pul-e Khishti Mosque

    The Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the largest mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Located in the center of old Kabul, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque can be identified by its large blue dome.

    300 m · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Abdul Rahman Mosque

    The Abdul Rahman Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. One of the largest mosques in Afghanistan, it is located in one of Kabul's central commercial areas called Deh Afghanan, near the Pashtunistan Square, Zarnegar Park, near the once popular Plaza Hotel.

    800 m · mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Shah-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.

    1 km · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Id Gah Mosque

    The Eidgah Mosque; also spelled as the Id Gah Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located to the southeast of the affluent Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, near the Ghazi Stadium and Chaman-e-Hozori.

    700 m · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Kabul 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.

    2.6 km · zoo · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium

    The Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium, also known as AFF Stadium, is a football stadium located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, next to the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee. The AFF Stadium was a competition venue for some clubs of the defunct Afghan Premier League, and currently the Afghanistan Champions League.

    1.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia

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Getting to Murad Khane

Airports
Kabul (KBL), 6 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 222 km
  • Mazar-i-Sharif → Murad Khane
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  • Kandahar → Murad Khane
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No local-transport research exists yet for Murad Khane

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 Murad Khane. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Kabul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Karimabad (Hunza)PK

    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    536 km
  2. 02
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    571 km
  3. 03
    KhujandTJ

    9 ways of moving, 27 sources

    642 km
  4. 04
    LehIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    772 km
  5. 05
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    832 km

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Next door to Murad Khane

Murad Khane is 1 km from Kabul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.