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Khan Abad خان آباد
Khan AbadLocation in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°40′59″N 69°9′49″E / 36.68306°N 69.16361°E / 36.68306; 69.16361
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kunduz Province
District	Khan Abad District
Elevation	1,713 ft (522 m)
Population
• Total	75,546
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Khan Abad or Khanabad is a town and the district center of the Khan Abad District in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.

Geography

Khan Abad is situated in the valley of the Khanabad River east of Kunduz.

History

In 1860, the town formed part of the route of the pundit Abdul Mejid from Peshawar in British India to Kokand, then an independent khanate. On 22 August 2016, Afghan security forces retook the town from the Taliban after having lost control of it for 2 days.

References

1. Curzon, George Nathaniel (1896), The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus (PDF), London: Royal Geographical Society, p. 74.

v t e Kunduz Province
Capital: Kunduz
Districts	Aliabad Aqtash Char Dara Dasht-e-Archi Imam Sahib Khanabad Kunduz Qala-e-Zal
Populated Places	Ak Tapa Ak Toba Amrut Archi Asqalan Divaneh Imam Sahib Khanabad Sher Khan Bandar
Other	Khanabad River Kunduz Airport Kunduz River Kunduz Trauma Centre Kunduz University

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