Khanabad, Afghanistan

Khanabad is a hard place to recommend for most expats. The town was retaken from Taliban control in 2016, but security remains precarious. You're looking at a dusty district center where the Khanabad River provides the only real geographic feature beyond flat agricultural land.

Living in Khanabad means accepting extreme limitations. There's zero expat community, no international schools, and medical care would require evacuation to Kabul for anything serious. The low costs mean nothing when you can't safely walk after dark or trust basic infrastructure. Only consider this if you're embedded with military/development work and have armored transport.