Chaghcharān (Dari/Pashto: چغچران), also called Firozkoh (Dari/Pashto: فیروزکوه), is a town and district in central Afghanistan, which serves as the capital of Ghor Province.

[4] Prior to the arrival of Islam the region's inhabitants practiced various different religions including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism.

In the 13th century, the Ghor region was invaded by the Mongol army who destroyed Firozkoh but left the Minaret of Jam intact.

[citation needed] In June 2005, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) established a Lithuanian led Provincial Reconstruction Team in which Croatian, Danish, American, Ukrainian, Icelandic, and Georgian troops also served.

Due to severe weather, the road is often closed during winter and even in summer it can take three full days to drive from Chagcharan to Kabul.

[12] Chaghcharan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb), with snowy winters and warm, dry summers.