STOCKHOLM — Rocket fire prevented a plane carrying UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt from landing at Kabul's…
Bagram, Bagrām or Begram was an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir valleys, near today's city of Charikar, Afghanistan. Bagram is located about 60 kilometers north of Kabul, in the Bagram district in Parwan Province. Today Bagram is a village. Its location made it a key passage from India along the Silk Road leading westwards through the mountains towards Bamiyan. Alexandria was laid out in the Greek "hippodamian plan" and had brick walls reinforced with towers at the angles. The central street was bordered with shops and workshops.






















