Kabul in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🪁

Kite fighting uses line coated in powdered glass, and the aim is to cut the other kite loose rather than fly highest.

🏔️

The mountains close the city in on all sides and cut it off by road in winter.

📿

Lapis lazuli has been mined at Sar-e-Sang for around six thousand years, and it reached Egypt from there.

🫖

Green tea is poured continuously in the chaikhana, and refusing it is harder than accepting.

🌰

Pine nuts, almonds and pistachios are significant exports, and the pine nuts are gathered from wild forests.

Kabul at a glance

Country

Afghanistan

Coordinates

34.56° N, 69.21° E

First played

3 August 2026

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Kabul.