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The Land Afghanistan is located
in South Asia The landforms of
Afghanistan are mountains, valleys, hills, and plains
Natural Resources: oil, gasoline, petroleum, coal, copper, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron, ore, and salt
The Land cont… Water Systems: Afghanistan is divided
into 4 regions; north, south, east, and west
The south basin holds the majority of the country’s water
There are many rivers that run through Afghanistan providing water to the people
Climate/Vegetation
Temperature varies from -10 degrees Celsius in winter to 34 degrees Celsius in summer
From the count in 1994, there are 123 species of animals in Afghanistan
Some of these include: mice, bats, snow leopard, tiger, bears, fox, monkey, hedgehog, and porcupine
Some of the common vegetation consists of: evergreens, oaks, locoweed, mimosa, sagebrush, and wormwood
Government
Hamid Karzai is the president of Afghanistan
The first and second vice presidents are, in order: Mohammed Fahim Khan, and Abdul Karim Khalili
The government is an Islamic Republic The life expectancy is 44.4 years The population is 28,395,716 people as
of July 2009
History
The Battle of Ghuznee was the beginning of the first Afghan war
The British and Indian soldiers of the Bengal and Bombay army, along with the army of Shah Shuja fought together against the Afghans of Dost Mohammed
Outcome: The British and Indian army won
1978-1992 Anti-Communist Muslim
Afghan guerrillas vs. Afghan government and Soviet
The assassination of Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan made relations tight
Because of another coup in 1979, there was an invasion of Soviet forces
The war came to an end when the Afghan government collapsed
Battle of Ghuznee Afghanistan War
Economy
The major exports are: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, and precious and semi-precious gems
The percentage of the total population of Afghanistan that has the ability to read is 28.1
The national currency of Afghanistan is Afghani
Culture Traditional clothing for the women is kalaa Afghani
(Afghan women’s dress) It consists of tombaan (pants), parahaan (overdress),
chaadar (head covering), and payzaar (footwear) Traditional clothing for the men is tombaan, payraan
(overshirt), kullaa (hat or cap), and payzaar In the cold, men often wear a waaskaat (vest), pokool
(hat), and shaal (shawl) along with the basic items Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, and Turkman make up the
majority of the languages spoken in Afghanistan The most practiced religions are Sunni Muslim and
Shia Muslim
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