Afghanistan

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Cities Afghanistan  
Country information country code: AF
continent: Asia
capital: Kabul
languages: Afghan Persian

EU membership: no
NATO membership: no

GSM: 900/1800
GPS: 33 00 N, 65 00 E
electricity: 220V/50Hz

currency:
Afghan Afghani: AFN
1AFN = 0.023 USD
1AFN = 0.018 EUR

phone code: +93-20

Travel advices and warnings Afghanistan
Industry Small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes
Agriculture


 
Exports Opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton
Traveling Traveling in Afghanistan is extremely dangerous. The current Afghan government has little control over large parts of the country; in particular, most of the South and East is effectively a war zone. Threats are unpredictable and the situation can change very quickly.

Trips should be meticulously planned and travelers should keep abreast of the latest security situation throughout their stay. If, despite the risks, you still find yourself heading there, see War zone safety and the "Stay safe" section below
Visas Most visitors need to apply for a visa in advance, and are often easier to obtain than you might expect. See the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry's visa webpage.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Thursday 28, March

From wikipedia about Afghanistan

Afghanistan ( افغانستان, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) is a landlocked country in South and Central Asia. With a population of about 28 million, it has an area of 647, 500 km², making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. The territory that now forms Afghanistan has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and human migration. Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation from as far back as 50, 000 BC. Urban civilization may have begun in the area as early as 3, 000 to 2, 000 BC.

The country sits at an important geostrategic location that connects the Middle East with Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, which has been home to various peoples through the ages. The land has witnessed many military conquests since antiquity, notably by Alexander the Great, Chandragupta Maurya, and Genghis Khan. It has also served as a source from which local dynasties such as the Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Timurids, Mughals and many others have established empires of their own.

The political history of modern Afghanistan began in the 18th century with the rise of the Pashtuns, when the Hotaki dynasty rose to power in Kandahar in 1709 followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani's rise to power in 1747. The capital of Afghanistan was shifted in 1776 from Kandahar to Kabul and part of the Afghan Empire was ceded to neighboring empires by 1893. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in the "Great Game" between the British and Russian empires. On August 19, 1919, following the third Anglo-Afghan war and the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi, the nation regained control over its foreign policy from the British.

Since the late 1970s, Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of war, including major occupations in the form of the 1979 Soviet war, a Taliban instigated civil war in the late 1990s and the October 2001 US-led military operations that overthrew the Taliban government. In December 2001, the United Nations Security Council authorized the creation of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to help maintain security and assist the Karzai administration.
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