Tajbeg Palace

The Tajbeg Palace or Tapa -e- Tajbeg Palace is the ruin of a palace 10 km south of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.

He is just a few meters from the Darul - Aman Palace and was the palace of the Queen of Afghanistan.

History

The palace was how the Darul - Aman Palace, built in the course of the reforms of King Amanullah Khan. As part of its reform, King Amanullah also devoted to urban development in Kabul. He was 11 km from the old city core build removed the new district Darulaman, with the eponymous palace in the center. The Tajbeg Palace was built just 800 meters away.

Built in the style of a European mansion palace stood on the spot where the royal family used to hunt and picnic.

Later the palace until the invasion of the Soviet Union by Hafizullah Amin was used as the presidential palace. On December 27, 1979, the date of the invasion, stormed in Operation Storm -333 about 700 Soviet paratroopers and members of Spetsnaz and KGB units of groups and ALFA ZENITH the palace and killed amine.

During the subsequent Soviet- Afghan war, the palace was the headquarters of the 40th Soviet Army. After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union, the palace in the 1990s was finally due to artillery shelling of Mudschahiddin ruin.

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