Neighborhood of Kabul in Afghanistan
Kārte Seh
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.
How locals move
Getting around Kārte Seh the local way
- 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.
- Get inYou can usually also buy extra seats (or an entire backseat) to give yourself extra room in a shared taxi.
- Go nextIstalif, a village in a side valley of the Shamali Plain makes for an excellent overnight or day trip destination.
- Go nextPakistan can be reached by taking a shared taxi (US$15, 2025) to the Torkham border crossing (traversing the famous Khyber Pass).
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