Afghanistan

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Afghanistan
Arabic: دولت اسلامی افغانستان
Flag Coat of arms
Official flag Official Coat of Arms
National information
National motto: None
National anthem: "Soroud-e-Melli"
About the people
Official languages: Pashtu, Persian (Dari)
Population:
(# of people)
  • Total: 28,717,213
    (ranked #38)
  • Density: 43 per km²
Geography / Places
country map
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Capital city: Kabul
Largest city: Kabul
Area
  • Total: 647,500
    (ranked #40)
  • Water: 0 km² (0%)
Politics / Government
Established: Independence from Persia in 1747
Leaders: President Hamid Karzai
Economy / Money
Currency:
(Name of money)
Afghani (Af) (AFA)
International information
Time zone: +04:30
Telephone dialing code: 93
Internet domain: .AF

Afghanistan is a country situated in South-Central Asia. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan in the north and China in the north-east.

Islam is the chief religion. Dari & Pashto the main languages.

Many Afghans (people who live in Afghanistan) believe in Allah. For a long time Afghanistan was ruled by an organisation called the Taliban.

[edit] Wars in Afghanistan

There are many mountains in Afghanistan. Many wars have been fought there. Fighting wars where there are mountains is very hard; few of the people who have come to fight wars in Afghanistan has won. The Soviet Union tried and failed. Before that Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and the British tried it; they too failed in the end. Now there are Americans and British fighting there.

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