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Afghanistan (Persian/Pashto: Afğānistān افغانستان) officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a country in South Asia on the crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia.
National symbol
[edit]Main gallery: National symbols of Afghanistan.
Main category: Symbols of Afghanistan
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National animal of Afghanistan
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National bird of Afghanistan
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Tulipa gesneriana, National flower of Afghanistan
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Ulmus wallichiana, National tree of Afghanistan
Map
[edit]Main gallery: Maps of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan the heart of Asia
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Map of Afghanistan
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Larger map
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Ethnolinguistic grlöpö
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irrigation
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Lashkargah
Landscape
[edit]Main category: Nature of Afghanistan
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Collage of 4 images created by User:Officer
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mountains
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Band-e Amir National Park, also known as Afghanistan's Grand Canyon
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Sand dunes in Reg District of Kandahar Province, which is completely uninhabited and has been historically used to smuggle drugs and weapons on the back of camels
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Snow covered mountains outside of Salang Tunnel in Parwan Province
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Khawajah Bahawuddin, Takhar Province in northern Afghanistan
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Scenic view in western Afghanistan
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Bamyan Valley in Bamyan Province
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Watapur district in Kunar Province
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Dahla Dam in Kandahar Province
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Korengal Valley in Kunar Province
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Badakhshan Province in northeast Afghanistan
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An aerial view from the window of a Blackhawk helicopter between Mazar-e-Sharif and Kunduz in northern Afghanistan
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Chorah District in Urozgan Province
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Badel Valley in Kunar Province
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Valley in Samangan Province in northern Afghanistan
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Branches of the Kunar River meet in Nangarhar Province
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Arghandab River Valley between Kandahar and Lashkar Gah
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Aerial photograph of Kandahar Province
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Road in Kapisa Province
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Khogyani District in Nangarhar Province
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Ghazni Province in eastern Afghanistan
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Winter in Uruzgan Province
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Snow-covered mountains in Paktia Province
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Nawa District, Ghazni Province
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Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan
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Approaching the Salang Tunnel
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Salang Pass north of Kabul
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K-G Pass in eastern Afghanistan
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Badghis Province in northwestern Afghanistan
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Valley in Baghlan Province
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Valley in Panjshir Province
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Reservoir at the Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province
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Arghandab Valley in Kandahar Province
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Faryab Province in northern Afghanistan
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Sayed Abad District in Wardak Province
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Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province
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Hari River in Ghor Province
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Road in Parwan Province, northeast of Bagram Air Base
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Nurgal District in Kunar Province
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Kabul River near the Behsud Bridge area in Jalalabad
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An AH-64 Apache helicopter shoots flares over a valley in Daykundi Province
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Zabul Province
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Ghor Province during winter
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Paktika Province
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Kabul, the Afghan capital
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City of Herat in Herat Province
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Valley in the Gizab district of Urozgan Province
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Capital city of Khost Province
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Intersection of Highway 1 and Route 606 in Delaram, Farah Province
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Nimroz Province
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Puli-i Alam, the capital of Logar Province
Architectural landmark
[edit]Politics
[edit]Main category: Politics of Afghanistan
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President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai with Supreme Court Judges and former Afghan King, Zahir Shah
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Afghan parliament in 2006
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton standing with Afghan female politicians.
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U.S. representative Zalmay Khalilzad (left) meeting with Taliban leaders, Abdul Ghani Baradar, Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Suhail Shaheen, unidentified. Doha, Qatar on 21 November 2020.
Afghan Armed Forces
[edit]Main gallery: Afghan Air Force.
Main gallery: Afghan National Army.
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Afghan Black Hawk pilot at Kandahar International Airport in 2018
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Afghan pilots in 2018
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Graduation day of Afghan Air Force students in May 2017
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Afghan Air Force UH-60s at Kandahar International Airport in 2018
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Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano
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Afghan National Army Humvees
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Inside Kabul Military Training Center in 2012
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Afghan National Army Commandos
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Soldiers of the Afghan National Army, including the ANA Commando Brigade standing in the front
Police
[edit]Main category: Police of Afghanistan
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New graduates sitting at the Afghan Ministry of Interior
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Female officers of the Afghan National Police (ANP)
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ANP lineup
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ANP Ford Rangers in Kabul
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ANP Ford Rangers in Kunar
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opium pdf
History of Afghanistan
[edit]Main category: History of Afghanistan
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The Medes followed by the Achaemenids governed the area until 330 BC.
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Alexander the Great explored the land in 330 BCE after defeating the Achaemenids.
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Cities in the north were governed by Seleucus I Nicator while cities in the south were governed by the Maurya Empire, which introduced religions of India such as Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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From what is now Iran, Islam began spreading in Afghanistan in the 7th century.
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The Saffarid Empire was established in 861 with its capital at Zaranj, Afghanistan.
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The Ghaznavid Empire was established in 975 with its capital at Ghazni, Afghanistan.
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The Hotak Empire was established in 1709 with its capital at Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Ahmad Shah Durrani established the Durrani Empire in 1747 with Kandahar, Afghanistan, serving as its main capital.
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British India invaded the country twice in the 19th century but both times they were taught a lesson that Afghanistan cannot be conquered militarily.