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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.
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.
AD. The history of Afghanistan, preceding the establishment of the Emirate of Afghanistan in 1823 is shared with that of neighbouring Iran, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The Sadozai monarchy ruled the Afghan Durrani Empire (one of the strongest one in the world), considered the founding state of modern Afghanistan.
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.
7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021. (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) First phase: 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014. Second phase: 1 January 2015 – 30 August 2021 [34][35] Location. Afghanistan [a] Result. Taliban victory [36] Islamic State–Taliban conflict and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues.
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations [1] Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents Herat is the second largest city and is located in western Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif is the third largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan Jalalabad , the fifth-largest city, located in eastern ...
Herāt (/ h ɛ ˈ r ɑː t /; [4] Pashto, Persian هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. [5] In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (Selseleh-ye Safēd Kōh) in the fertile valley of the Hari River in the western part of the country.
Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric power generation or a combination of these. [1] The Afghan government continues to seek technical assistance from neighboring and regional countries to build more dams. [2] [3] Below is a map and a chart showing some of Afghanistan's dams and reservoirs.