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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.Referred to as the Heart of Asia, [26] 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.
Bagram Airfield. / 34.94611°N 69.26500°E / 34.94611; 69.26500. Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base[ 3] ( IATA: OAI, ICAO: OAIX ), is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Sitting on the site of the ancient Bagram at an ...
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. Included are airbases, forward operating ...
Analysis of the "robber holes" around the site, high-resolution satellite images and data from Google Maps has led to an estimate that the Ghūrid summer capital around the minaret was about 19.5 hectares in size. [6] The archaeological site of Jam was successfully nominated as Afghanistan's first World Heritage site in 2002.
Map showing insurgent (white) and government-controlled (red) areas of Afghanistan in January 2019. In January 2018, the Taliban were openly active in 70% of the country (being in full control of 14 districts and have an active and open physical presence in a further 263) and the Islamic State was more active in the country than ever before.
Kunar province is located in the northeast of Afghanistan. It borders with Nangarhar Province to the south, Nuristan Province to the north, Laghman Province to the west and has a border with Pakistan in the east. The province covers an area of 4,339 km 2. Nearly nine tenths (86%) of the province is mountainous or semi mountainous terrain while ...
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 ]