Kunar Province

Kunar کنر
Province
Watapur District of Kunar Province in 2012
Map of Afghanistan with Kunar highlighted
Coordinates: 35°00′N 71°12′E / 35.0°N 71.2°E / 35.0; 71.2
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Asadabad
Government
• Governor	Muhammad Qasim Khalid
• Deputy Governor	Abdullah [1]
• Police Chief	Abdul Haq Haqqani[1]
Area
• Total	4,339 km2 (1,675 sq mi)
	5556
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	508,224
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code	28xx
ISO 3166 code	AF-KNR
Main languages	Pashto

Kunar (Pashto: کونړ; Dari: کنر) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224.^[2] Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- Hadith, Nazhat-e Hambastagi Milli, Hezb-e Afghanistan Naween, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin.^[3]

It is one of the four "N2KL" provinces (Nangarhar Province, Nuristan Province, Kunar Province and Laghman Province). N2KL was the designation used by the US and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan for the rugged region along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border opposite Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (merged in 2018 with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Kunar is the center of the N2KL region.