1. Afghanistan Cultural Awareness
COL David A. Lowe
13th COSCOM G5
23 February 2006

2. AGENDA
Geography
History
Culture

3. GEOGRAPHY

4. The country of Afghanistan located in south-central Asia, is a high, landlocked country a little smaller than Texas. It is bordered on the west by Iran and on the east and south by Pakistan. Its northern neighbors are Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan and China lies to the northeast.
There is wide variation in the country's geography, including the fertile mountain valleys in the east, plains and grasslands in the north, a central mountain core, and deserts and semideserts in the west and southwest. In terms of its mountain ruggedness and its climate of hot summers and bitterly cold winters, it is much like Wyoming. Temperatures vary according to altitude, but in general the average highs are above 90° F in the summers, and the winter lows drop well below freezing.

11. HISTORY

17. PEOPLE