Muqur District, Ghazni
District in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muqur (also spelt Moqur) is a district in the southwest of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 70,900 in 2002, of whom 19,538 were children under 12.[1]
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Muqur
مقر | |
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Coordinates: 32°53′16″N 67°54′06″E | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Ghazni Province |
Population (2002)[1] | |
• Total | 70,900 |
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On 8 May 2016, a vehicular accident on a stretch of the Kabul-Kandahar Highway occurred in the district, killing 73. Two buses travelling from Kabul to Kandahar collided with a fuel tanker. The stretch of highway in this district is reportedly dangerous due to Taliban presence, and the vehicles were speeding to avoid ambush.[2]