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The Flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto government since the 2021 fall of Kabul) The location of Afghanistan An enlargeable map of Afghanistan. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan: Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central and South Asia.
Afghanistan, [ d ] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [ e ] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [ f ] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
Geography of Afghanistan. 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.
It started out as just Kabul, Herat, Qandahar, and Balkh but the number of provinces increased and by 1880 the provinces consisted of Balkh, Herat, Qandahar, Ghazni, Jalalabad, and Kabul. [13] Southern Province – dissolved in 1964 to create Paktia Province. Turkestan Province – dissolved somewhere between 1929 and 1946.
A map of Afghanistan without any internal borders. Date: 1 March 2009: Source: Map originally from Maplibrary.org who in turn have extracted it from GADM version 0.9 which source the data for Afghanistan as comming from the USGS.
The country also has harsh winters, which favors spring or summertime military offensives after winter lulls in fighting. [128] [129] Afghanistan is 99.7% Muslim, [130] which affected the ideology of both the Taliban and the Afghan government. Islam has historically allowed Afghan leaders to overcome tribal differences and conflict, and ...
The Afghanistan Portal. Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South 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 ...
A map of Afghanistan showing the 2021 Taliban offensive. The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, told Radio Pakistan that "The attack that took place in Kabul a few days ago, that was the work of the Haqqani network. There is evidence linking the Haqqani Network to the Pakistan government. This is something that must stop."