Afghanistan
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| Offeecial leid | Pashto an Dari | ||||
| Caipital | Kabul | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | caipital | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - |
Islamic Republic Preses Hamid Karzai |
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| Area | 647,500 km2 251,772 sq mi |
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| Population | 28,395,716 | ||||
| Foondin | 19 August 1919 | ||||
| Siller | Afghani (AFN) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Afghan Naitional Anthem | ||||
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| Internet TLD | .af | ||||
| Cawin code | +93 | ||||
The Islamic Republic o Afghanistan, commonly kent as Afghanistan (/æfˈɡænɨstæn/ (
listen)), is a landlocked an muntainous kintra in sooth-central Asie.[1] It is bordert bi Pakistan in the sooth an east,[note] Iran in the wast, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan an Tajikistan in the north, an Cheenae in the far northeast. The territories nou comprisin Afghanistan hae been an ancient focal point o the Silk Road an human migration. Archaeologists hae foond evidence o human habitation frae as far back as 50,000 BC.[2] Urban civilisation micht hae begun in the aurie as early as 3000 tae 2000 BC.[3]
The kintra sits at an important geostrategic location whilk connects the Middle East wi Central Asie an the Indian subcontinent,[4] which haes been hame tae various fowks through the ages.[5] The land haes witnessed mony military conquests syne antiquity, includin bi Alexander the Great, the Mauryans, Muslim Arabs, Genghis Khan, Mughals an ithers.[2][3] It haes an aa served as a soorce frae whilk mony dynasties sic as the Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Hephthalites, Shahis, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Timurids an ithers hae establisht empires o their awn.[6]
References [edit]
- ↑ Afghanistan. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 17 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Afghans, Their History and Culture. Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) (June 30, 2002). Retrieved on 10 September 2010. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Griffin, Luke (January 14, 2002). The Pre-Islamic Period. Afghanistan Country Study. Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. .
- ↑ "Afghanistan country profile", BBC News, 2 October 2010. Retrieved on 7 November 2010..
- ↑ Baxter, Craig (1997). Chapter 1. Historical Setting. Library of Congress Country Studies on Afghanistan. Retrieved on 24 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ Kingdoms of South Asia - Afghanistan in Far East Kingdoms: Persia and the East. The History Files. Retrieved on 24 Juin 2010. .
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