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AFGHANISTAN Abdul Majeed
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Topics Introduction Land forms Climate Great personalities
National anthem Sports in Afghanistan Music in Afghanistan Women in Afghanistan Afghan Cuisine Fruits Rugs and Carpet Traditional Dress Diversity and Life Economy Afghani Currency Alphabet Calendar in Dari and Pashto Media in Afghanistan Telecommunication in Afghanistan Interesting facts
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Introduction Afghanistan is located in Asia and it has total area of 251,825 sq. miles being 41st biggest country in the world (slightly smaller than Texas) Its border countries are Iran, Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan Afghanistan has 34 provinces and Kabul is the capital city Afghanistan has population of over 31 million
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Landforms Afghanistan is a country located in Central Asia where its civilization started as early as 3000 BCE, back then called Ariana. The Hindu Kush mountain range reaches a height of 7,492 m (24,580 ft.) at Noshaq, Afghanistan’s highest peak. Afghanistan is mostly consistent of rugged mountains; it located in north and southwest regions. The Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide country into three major regions: Central Highlands, Southwestern highland and Northern Plains
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Climate Afghanistan has extreme climate and weather. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are hot and dry The climate differs according to the region and elevation Rainfall generally fluctuates greatly during the course of the year in all parts of the country
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Great Personalities Amanullah Khan Daud Khan Dr. Najibullah
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) Abdul Ahad Momand Dr. Sediq Afghan Syed Jalaluddin Balkhi Mahmud Tarzi
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Sports in Afghanistan Afghanistan is making it’s way up in the Cricket U19 World Cup Afghanistan won the 2013 FIFA Fair Play Award Afghanistan won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup in 2013 Rohullah Nikpai, two-time Olympic bronze medalist 58kg and 68kg in Taekwondo in Beijing Olympics 2008 and in London Olympics 2012 Hamid Rahimi is a boxer from Afghanistan won the New World Boxing Union Championship in 2012 Afghanistan national basketball team won a gold medal in 2010 South Asian Games.
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Music
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Women in Afghanistan
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Afghan Cuisine
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Fruits
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Rugs and Carpets
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Traditional Dress
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Diversity and Life Birth rate: births/1,000 population (world ranking: 12) Death rate: deaths/1,000 population (world ranking: 7) Life expectancy: years (world ranking: 219)
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Economy GDP per capita: $1,100 Unemployment rate: 35%
Exports: $376 million Imports: $9.174 billion
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Afghani Currency
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Dari Alphabet
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Calendar (Hijri Shamsi)
Order Days Afghan Persian Afghan Pashto Romanized Native Script 1 31 Hamal (Aries) حمل Wray (Aries) وری 2 Sawr (Taurus) ثور Ǧwayay (Taurus) غويی 3 Jawzā (Gemini) جوزا Ǧbargolay (Gemini) غبرګولی 4 Saratān (Cancer) سرطان Čungāx̌(Cancer) چنګاښ 5 Asad (Leo) اسد Zmaray (Leo) زمری 6 Sonbola (Virgo) سنبله Waǵay (Virgo) وږی 7 30 Mizān (Libra) میزان Təla (Libra) تله 8 'Aqrab (Scorpio) عقرب Laṛam (Scorpio) لړم 9 Qaws (Sagittarius) قوس Līndəi (Sagittarius) ليندۍ 10 Jadi (Capricorn) جدی Marǧūmay (Capricorn) مرغومی 11 Dalvæ (Aquarius) دلو Salwāǧa (Aquarius) سلواغه 12 29/30 Hūt (Pisces) حوت Kab (Pisces) كب
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Media in Afghanistan Television was first introduced in 1964, when a new organization called Radio Television Afghanistan (government-owned) founded two channels: RTA and Afghanistan National Television. It was reported in 2011 that as many as 76 television channels and 175 radio stations were broadcasting in Afghanistan. The numbers are increasing!
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Telecommunication in Afghanistan
More than 90% of the population live in areas with access to mobile-cellular services Over a million people have access to Internet and the numbers are rapidly increasing Country Code: +93 Internet Country Code: .af
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Interesting Facts National sport: Buzkashi Lifestyle: Collectivistic
Cultural Traits: Hospitality, Bravery, Honor Currently most driven cars: Toyota Currently most watched movies: Bollywood
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Kabul
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Kabul
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Qargha Lake
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Kabul-Jalalabad Road
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Kabul-Mazar Road
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Mazar-E-Sharif
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Panjsher Valley
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Bamyan
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Samangan
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Kandahar
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Herat
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Education in Afghanistan
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Wildlife There are more than 120 mammal and 380 bird species recorded in Afghanistan Afghanistan is home to numerous rare and endangered species, including snow leopard and Marco Polo sheep
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Environmental Issues Deforestation Wildlife
Smuggling or illegal logging of timber War-related destructions Fuel use as a source of energy Wildlife Very little government concern towards hunting Conflict-related habitat disappearance Drought
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Environmental Issues Water Management Pollution
Only 12% of Afghans have access to clean drinking water Shortage of efficient institutions to regulate the water use Low public awareness Pollution Air pollution in urban areas due to increased population relying on burning wood and a large number of vehicles (many old and poorly maintained) Domestic and industrial waste
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Afghanistan Through Media & Internet
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Afghanistan Elections 2014
Abdullah Abdullah Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Abdul Rasul Sayyaf Nader Naim Qayoum Karzai Zalmay Rassoul Gul Agha Sherzai
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Afghan Future
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