The town of Maruf[1] is the district center of Maruf District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

It is located in the Toba Achakzai mountains at 2,007 metres (6,584.6 ft).

[2] It is the place where Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of Afghanistan, lived his last days and died on 16 October 1772.

[3][4] Maruf has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with hot, dry summers and moderately cold winters.

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