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Mother of Cities — the ancient crossroads where the Silk Road met the Indian subcontinent

Location of province XY (see filename) in Afghanistan
Location of province XY (see filename) in Afghanistan © TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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