Public Health Square

'''Public Health Square''',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://amu.tv/108173/#:~:text=In%20the%20nearly%20three%20years%20since%20taking,Road%2C%20and%20Pul%2De%20Sukhta%20to%20Pul%2De%20Najaat. |title=Kabul residents outraged by Taliban's decision to rename city roundabouts, areas |website=amu.tv |date=July 5, 2024 |access-date=2026-01-06}}</ref> formerly called '''Massoud Circle''', is a roundabout in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was named after Ahmad Shah Massoud during the presidency of Hamid Karzai.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/kabul-architecture-war-us-afghanistan/ |title=How 20 years of conflict have reshaped Afghanistan's capital and life in it |website=washingtonpost.com |date=March 25, 2021 |access-date=2026-01-06}}</ref> It was recently changed back to its original name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://rudabe.org/archives/21251 |title=Taliban Renames Massoud Intersection and Over 20 Public Locations Across Afghanistan |website=rudabe.org |date=14 December 2024 |access-date=2026-01-06}}</ref>

The square is close to building of the former U.S. Embassy and has the road leading to Kabul International Airport.<ref name="inthegraveyardxix">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Seth G.|title=In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan|date=2010|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location=New York|isbn=9780393068986|oclc=286488778|page=xix|url=https://archive.org/details/ingraveyardofemp00jone|url-access=registration}}</ref> It is located in the eastern part of Wazir Akbar Khan.

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