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Pul-i-Khumri or Pol-e Khomri , town, capital of Baghlan prov., central Afghanistan. It is a trading center and a stopping place for trucks and caravans traveling to N Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics.

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Pol‐e Khomri

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Pol‐e Khomri, Afghanistan Possibly ‘Brick Bridge’ from pol ‘bridge’ and khomreh ‘earthenware jug’.

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