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2 days ago · Afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East, Afghanistan has long been a prize sought by empire builders. Its capital and largest city is Kabul.
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, [6] at the crossroads of Central Asia [7] [8] and South Asia. [9] [10] The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province.
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Jul 23, 2012 · The country is home to about $1 trillion worth of iron, copper, gold, lithium and rare earth metals. That’s a lot of valuable stuff, and to find it, and get it, prospectors will need a...
The pulwar or pulouar is a single-handed curved sword originating in Afghanistan. Origin. The pulwar originated alongside other scimitar -type weapons such as the Arab saif, the Persian shamshir, the Turkish kilij, and the Indian talwar, all of them ultimately based on earlier Central Asian swords. [1] .
6 days ago · Major infectious diseases. degree of risk: intermediate (2023) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2024) vectorborne diseases: Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever note: Afghanistan is one of two countries with endemic wild polio virus (the other is Pakistan) and considered high risk for international spread of the disease; before any international travel ...
3 days ago · Kabul, city, capital of the province of Kabul and of Afghanistan. The largest urban centre in the country and also its political and economic hub, the city forms one of several districts of Kabul province.
