Possible Clues:

• City in Pakistan bulldozed, though not entirely
• City in Afghanistan bulldozed
• Travelling in a bus to save time, left for foreign city
• Built as arranged around northern capital at one time
• Is brown beast deprived of tail to be seen in the capital?
• European city is subject to sun, endless source of light
• Modern Byzantium
• Modern name of Constantinople
• City in which the basil nut was developed
• Nothing's been removed from restored ablutions in foreign city