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The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million. [a] Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside. [2]
At least 10,000 peoples cross this border on a daily basis for businesses in Wesh, Afghanistan and return home in the evening. [1] On 14 July 2021, the Afghan side of the border crossing was captured by Taliban forces as part of the 2021 Taliban offensive. [2] A brick, double-arched Friendship Gate, rising three stories tall, was erected in 2003.
On 3 January 2021, skirmish at the Afghan-Turkmen border between the Taliban forces and the Turkmen border guards. The incident was reported by Hilal Balkhi, head of the Jowzjan province's department of culture and information, quoted by Aamaj News. It is alleged that three days ago, Turkmen border troops killed one Afghan civilian and beat ...
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
Afghanistan–Tajikistan border; Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border; U. Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border This page was last edited on 19 March 2013, at 01:22 (UTC ...
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border barrier refers to the border barrier being built by Pakistan since March 2017 along its border with Afghanistan.The purpose of the barrier is to prevent terrorism, arms, and drug trafficking, as well as refugees, illegal immigration, smuggling and infiltration across the approximately 2,670-kilometre-long (1,660 mi) international border between Afghanistan and ...
Empty fuel trucks crossing border between Afghanistan and Pakistan through Chaman. The town is an important trade point in the Balochistan region, providing a gateway on the trade routes between Afghanistan and Karachi. It underwent development during the martial law period of 1977 - 1985. People of the city import many things like cars, motor ...
Torkham border crossing (Urdu, Persian, and Pashto: تورخم Tūrkham) is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two countries. It connects Nangarhar province of Afghanistan with Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.