Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan CAPITAL: Kabul FLAG: Three equal vertical bands of black (hoist), red, and green, with a white emblem centered on the red band; the emblem features a temple-like structure...

Afghanistan POPULATION 27,755,775 MUSLIM 99 percent OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Afghanistan, since 2001 officially known as the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, is a mountainous, landlocked country that lies in the heart of...

Afghanistan Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country located in Central Asia, north and west of Pakistan and east of Iran. Afghanistan has an area of 647,500 square kilometers (250,000 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of...

(2001 est. pop. 26.8 million). Afghanistan (Land of the Afghans), formerly the Republic of Afghanistan (called Jomhuriye Afghanistan in Dari Persian, Da Afghanistan Jamhawriyat in Pashto), has undergone dramatic sociopolitical changes during the past...

landlocked, multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East, Afghanistan has long been a prize sought by empire builders, and for...

The chaos of over two decades of warfare has left Afghanistan without an infrastructure of any kind and without human rights. Human rights suffered especially after 1996, when the Taliban, a group of Islamic fundamentalists, captured Kabul and resolved...

Ethnic differences are strongest when other significant differences—religious, ideological, economic, geographic, linguistic—reinforce distinctions between one ethnic group and another. Although Afghanistan is a complex country in terms...

(1909–1978), Afghan political figure. Muhammad Daud belonged to the royal family of Afghanistan. Educated in Europe (1921–1930) while his father was in temporary exile, he joined the army on his return to Afghanistan. In 1934 he married...

(1790–1886), Afghan hero. Din Mohammad is a national hero of Afghanistan, renowned for his undying enmity to the British. He was a mullah (Islamic cleric), whose grandfather came from India and settled in Ghazni, a city southwest of Kabul. Din...

Dasht-e Margo (Desert of Death) is located in the southwestern part of Afghanistan. Sometimes referred to as the Western Stony Desert, it is dry, dusty, and full of sharp, wind-blasted pebbles. The Iranian border with Afghanistan and the Iranian desert...

AfÄ¡ÄnistÄn, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Persian: جÙ...ÙÙØ±Û Ø§Ø³Ù"اÙ...Û Ø§ÙغاÙستاÙ, Pashto: د اÙغاÙستا٠اسÙ"اÙ...٠جÙ...ÙÙرÙت ), is a landlocked country that is located in south Asia. It is variously...