Quick Facts - Afghanistan

Capital	Kabul
Government	Islamic republic
Currency	Afghani (AFA)
Area	total: 600,000 km2 water: 0 km2 land: 600,000 km2
Population	31 millions
Language	Afghan Persian
Religion	Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
Electricity	220V/50Hz +/-50%
Calling Code	+93
Internet TLD	af
Time Zone	UTC +4.5

Background

Afghanistan is a landlocked country in the heart of Asia, bordered by Pakistan to the south and east, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north. There is a short border with China to the far northeast, but in an extremely inaccessible terrain.

Afghanistan has been the center of many powerful empires for the past 2,000 years. However, in the last 30 years the country has been in chaos due to major wars -- from the Soviet invasion of 1979 to their withdrawal in 1989 and from warlordism to the removal of the Taliban in 2001 and social violence. Economically, Afghanistan is considered poor compare to many other nations of the world. The country is currently going through a nation-wide rebuilding process so that it can once again become a sovereign and peaceful place as it was before 1979.

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