Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Arabic: دولت اسلامی افغانستان |
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National motto: | None | ||||
National anthem: | "Soroud-e-Melli" | ||||
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About the people | |||||
Official languages: | Pashtu, Persian (Dari) | ||||
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Geography / Places | |||||
Here is the country on a map of the world. | |||||
Capital city: | Kabul | ||||
Largest city: | Kabul | ||||
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Politics / Government | |||||
Established: | Independence from Persia in 1747 | ||||
Leaders: | President Hamid Karzai | ||||
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Afghani (Af) (AFA) | ||||
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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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1. Includes territory in both Europe and Asia. 2. Usually thought of as Asia, but sometimes counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons. 3. Special territories. |