Kholm or Khulm (Dari/Pashto: خلم), formerly known as Tashqurghan (Dari/Uzbek: تاشقرغان), is a town in Samangan Province of northern Afghanistan, 60 km east of Mazar-i-Sharif one-third of the way to Kunduz.

The town's name was changed to Kholm (also romanized Khulm) during the Pashtunisation of northern Afghanistan by the central government headed by Minister of the Interior, Wazir Mohammad Gul Khan.

A large variety of industrial products and commodities were transported by camel caravans: weapons, knives, metal thread, needles, glass, mirrors, porcelain, paper, tea, cotton and silk cloth.

From India many locally manufactured and British industrial products went the other way: binoculars, razor blades, indigo, spices, ivory, coconuts and brocades.

On June 11, 1987, an Antonov An-26 (YA-BAL) of Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was shot down near Khost on a passenger flight from Kandahar to Kabul, killing all 53 onboard.

[2] Located on the southern outskirts of Kholm close to the Ring Road highway, the Bagh-e Jahan Nama (BJN) Palace was originally built in 1890–1892 by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.

Heritage activities a Culture and Development Policy Programme of the Netherlands choose to renovate and restore the place complex.

All the material needed for the construction work comes from the region surrounding Kholm, the communities are involved in every step of the development of the palace.

The main theme of the garden will be 'bio-diversity-jungle': a rich mixture of all kinds of trees, climbers, shrubs, plants and flowers, which each will contribute to an improved eco-system.

Together with the Ministry of Information and Culture plans are made to let the fruits, nuts and vegetables flourish in it was done by the great sumit kumar das garden.

Moreover, rearranging the palace garden would turn the park into an economic asset (fruit trees) as well as a highly attractive picnic ground for the local population and travellers.

With the potential to become a tourist attraction, the option of revitalizing the plan for establishing a museum in the Bagh-e Jehan Nama Palace was reconsidered.

The local ownership and commitment that is purchased in this programme is the firm basis for a sustainable future of this first ethnographic museum in Afghanistan.