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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.
Afghanistan is: a landlocked country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Asia (Central Asia) Greater Middle East. Iranian plateau; Time zone: UTC+04:30; Extreme points of Afghanistan High: Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft) Low: Amu Darya 258 m (846 ft) Land boundaries: 5,529 km Pakistan 2,430 km Tajikistan 1,206 km Iran 936 km
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.
The districts of Afghanistan, known as wuleswali (Pashto: ولسوالۍ, wuləswāləi; Persian: ولسوالی, wuləswālī), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first district map in 1973. [ 1 ]
The Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO) is the Afghan government's national cartographic agency.. Founded in 1958, [1] its focus is the production, publication and distribution of physical, topographical, political, thematic, cadastral, and natural resources maps, [2] helping Afghanistan's infrastructural development, economical projects and security organisation.
From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations.
This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) installations in Afghanistan used during the War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. This list encompasses installations used by the International Security Assistance Force from 2001 to 2014 and then by the Resolute Support Mission after 2014.
The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1,000 villages. Provincial governors played a critical role in the reconstruction of the Afghan state following the creation of the new government under Hamid Karzai . [ 1 ]