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=== Afghanistan ===
{{Further|List of cities in Afghanistan}}
In [[Afghanistan]], a [[list of cities in Afghanistan|city]] and a town are both referred to as ''shār'' ({{langx|prs|شهر}}; {{langx|ps|ښار}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/raverty/ |title=A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues |last=Raverty |first=Henry G. |date=1860 |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> The capital of each of its 34 [[provinces of Afghanistan|provinces]] may include a major city such as [[Kabul]] whose population is over five million people or a town such as [[Parun]], the capital of [[Nuristan Province]], whose population is less than 20,000 people.