Kunduz (Dari: قندوز) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan.

It borders the provinces of Takhar, Baghlan, Samangan and Balkh, as well as the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan.

A newly constructed bridge crosses the Amu Darya at Sherkhan Bandar and the international trade is a large source of Kunduz's economy.

Kunduz was once a major economic center for Afghanistan, but the wars since 1978 have changed fortunes for the province.

Between 100,000 and 200,000 Tajiks and Uzbeks fled the conquest of their homeland by Russian Red Army and settled in northern Afghanistan.

Germany had 4,000 soldiers stationed in the NATO-ISAF Kunduz province Provincial Reconstruction Team, along with Regional Command North.

[8] On 4 September 2009, the German commander called in an American jet fighter, which attacked two NATO fuel trucks, which had been captured by insurgents.

[12] As part of the Taliban's resurgence in northern Afghanistan, Kunduz has been increasingly affected by war and instability.

[14] The province is served by Kunduz Airport which had regularly scheduled direct flights to Kabul as of May 2014.

[16] Men and women in Kunduz were employed in clothing production, metal working, carpentry and hide business.

The province's transportation infrastructure is fairly well developed, with 68 percent of roads capable of carrying car traffic in all seasons.

In terms of telecommunications, the Roshan (telco), Afghan Wireless, and MTN Digital phone networks are all operational in the province.

[20] According to the Naval Postgraduate School, the ethnic groups of the province are as follows: Pashtuns 33%, Uzbeks 27%, Tajiks 22%, Turkmens 11%, Hazaras 6%, and Pashais 1%.