Fall of Kabul

Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan in 2021
Event siege Q108102583
Fall of Kabul
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Fall of Kabul

Summary

Fall of Kabul is a siege[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,458 views/month, #11 of 1,415).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fall of Kabul is located in Kabul Province[3].
  • Fall of Kabul is in the country of Afghanistan[4].
  • Fall of Kabul's instance of is recorded as siege[5].
  • Fall of Kabul's instance of is recorded as battle[6].
  • Fall of Kabul was followed by 2021 Kabul Airlift[7].
  • The location of Fall of Kabul was Kabul[8].
  • Fall of Kabul is part of 2021 Taliban offensive[9].
  • Fall of Kabul's Commons category is recorded as Fall of Kabul[10].
  • Fall of Kabul's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:30[11].
  • Fall of Kabul occurred on August 15, 2021[12].
  • Fall of Kabul's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.5, 'lon': 69.16666666666667}[13].
  • A participant in Fall of Kabul was Taliban[14].
  • Fall of Kabul's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fall of Kabul (2021)[15].
  • Fall of Kabul's different from is recorded as Fall of Kabul[16].
  • Fall of Kabul's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1'}[17].
  • Fall of Kabul dates from the contemporary history[18].

Body

When and Where

Fall of Kabul took place on August 15, 2021[12]. The location of it was Kabul[8]. It is in the country of Afghanistan[4].

Context

Fall of Kabul is part of 2021 Taliban offensive[9]. Recorded instance of include siege[5] and battle[6]. It was followed by 2021 Kabul Airlift[7].

Participants

A participant in Fall of Kabul was Taliban[14].

Why It Matters

Fall of Kabul ranks in the top 0.78% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,458 views/month, #11 of 1,415).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · PaleoWolf · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location Kabul
    Coordinate location {'lat': 34.5, 'lon': 69.16666666666667}
    Followed by
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Kabul Province
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q182865]]"
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