General Introduction:•National Name: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Afghanistan
•Total Area: 250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km)
•Population (2008 est.): 32,738,376 (Growth rate 2.6%)
•Monetary unit: Afghani
•Independence: 19th, August 1919
•Religion: A Muslim country
•Birth Rate: 45.8/1000
•Infant mortality rate: 154.6/1000
•Life expectancy: 44.2
•Literacy rate: 28.1 (2000 est.)
Located in central Asia and bordered by six countries.
China (76 km)Iran (936 km)
Pakistan (2,430 km)
Tajikistan (1,206 km)
Turkmenistan (744 km)
Uzbekistan (137 km)
Capital of Afghanistan
History
- Afghanistan has more than 5000 years of history.
- YAMA was the entrepreneur of Great Ariana and the first King.
- During the 8th century in the Abu Muslim khurasani’s era it was named as “Khurasan”.
- In 1748 during the Ahmad Shah Abdali’s era “Khurasan” was named as “Afghanistan”.
Afghan-Great Britain Wars
- The first Afghan and Great Britain war 1838 -1857.
- The second Afghan and Great Britain war was in 1879.
- After the death of Amir Habibullah Khan third war started.
- Amir Amanullah Khan got independence in 1919.
Soviet Union Invasion
- Soviet Union invaded in 1979 and installed a Communist government.
- From 1979-1989, Afghanistan became a battleground of the Cold Wars between the USSR and “Mujahideen”.
- Soviet Union withdrew in 1989, but civil war erupted among factions of fighters known as 'mujahedin‘.
The link between September 11th and Afghanistan
- Afghans did NOT carry out the terrorist attacks on the U.S.
- Afghanistan Al-Qaeda, a terrorist network operating within and other places, did
- Many Afghans expressed their solidarity with the people of the U.S. after Sept. 11
- After September 11, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban for sheltering Al Qaeda, a terrorist network.
- U.S. and NATO forces remain in Afghanistan today.
The currency of Afghanistan is "Afghani"
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