Place:Outline of Afghanistan
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Short description: Landlocked country in Central and South Asia
210px|thumb|The location of Afghanistan 210px|thumb|An enlargeable map of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan:
Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central and South Asia. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of civil war.
General reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Afghanistan
- Official English country name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Afghan
- Demonym(s): Afghans
- Etymology: Name of Afghanistan
- International rankings of Afghanistan
- ISO country codes: AF, AFG, 004
- ISO region codes: See AF
- Internet country code top-level domain: .af
Geography of Afghanistan
Geography of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Greater Middle East
- Time zone: 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
Turkmenistan 744 km
Uzbekistan 137 km
China 76 km
- Coastline: none
- Population of Afghanistan: 39,864,082 (2021 estimate) – 43rd most populous country
- Area of Afghanistan: 652,860 square kilometres (252,070 sq mi) – 40th largest country
- Atlas of Afghanistan
Environment of Afghanistan
Environment of Afghanistan
- Climate of Afghanistan
- Ecoregions in Afghanistan
- Environmental issues in Afghanistan
- Protected areas of Afghanistan
- Renewable energy in Afghanistan
- Wildlife of Afghanistan
- Fauna of Afghanistan
- Birds of Afghanistan
- Mammals of Afghanistan
- Fauna of Afghanistan
Natural geographic features of Afghanistan
- Mountains of Afghanistan
- Volcanoes in Afghanistan
- Rivers of Afghanistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan
Regions of Afghanistan
Regions of Afghanistan
Ecoregions of Afghanistan
List of ecoregions in Afghanistan
Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
- Provinces of Afghanistan
- Districts of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
- Badakhshan Province
- Badghis Province
- Baghlan Province
- Balkh Province
- Bamyan Province
- Daykundi Province
- Farah Province
- Faryab Province
- Ghazni Province
- Ghor Province
- Helmand Province
- Herat Province
- Jowzjan Province
- Kabul Province
- Kandahar Province
- Kapisa Province
- Khost Province
- Kunar Province
- Kunduz Province
- Laghman Province
- Lowgar Province
- Nangarhar Province
- Nimruz Province
- Nurestan Province
- Orūzgān Province
- Paktia Province
- Paktika Province
- Panjshir Province
- Parwan Province
- Samangan Province
- Sar-e Pol Province
- Takhar Province
- Wardak Province
- Zabul Province
Districts of Afghanistan
Districts of Afghanistan Afghanistan is divided into 398+ districts.
Municipalities of Afghanistan
Municipalities of Afghanistan
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Cities of Afghanistan
Demography of Afghanistan
Demographics of Afghanistan
Government and politics of Afghanistan
Politics of Afghanistan
- Taliban
- Military of Afghanistan
Structure of government
Government of Afghanistan
- Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
- Prime Minister of Afghanistan
- Deputy Leader of Afghanistan
- Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- Leadership Council
- Council of Ministers
Government and politics of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)
Politics of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Form of government: Islamic republic
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Elections in Afghanistan
- Afghan presidential election, 2009
- Afghan parliamentary election, 2005
- Afghan presidential election, 2004
- Political parties in Afghanistan
- Taxation in Afghanistan
Branches of government
Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Executive branch of the government of Islamic Republic Afghanistan
- Head of state and head of government: President of Afghanistan
- Afghan Cabinet of Ministers
Legislative branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan
- National Assembly of Afghanistan (bicameral)
- Upper house: House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga)
- Lower house: House of the People (Wolesi Jirga)
Judicial branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan
- Afghan Supreme Court (Stara Makama or ستره محكمه)
- Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- High Courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Local courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
- United States-Afghanistan relations
- Foreign hostages in Afghanistan
International organization membership
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a member of:[1]
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Law and order in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Law of Afghanistan
- Cannabis in Afghanistan
- Capital punishment in Afghanistan
- Constitution of Afghanistan
- Crime in Afghanistan
- Human rights in Afghanistan
- LGBT rights in Afghanistan
- Freedom of religion in Afghanistan
- Law enforcement in Afghanistan
Military of Islamic Republic Afghanistan
Afghan Armed Forces (2002-2021)
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- President of Afghanistan
- Commander-in-chief:
- Afghan National Security Forces
- Afghan Armed Forces
- Afghan National Army
- Afghan Air Force
- Afghan National Police
- Afghan Local Police
- Afghan Border Police
- National Directorate of Security
- Afghan Armed Forces
Local government in Afghanistan
Local government in Afghanistan
History of Afghanistan
History of Afghanistan
- Timeline of the history of Afghanistan
- Current events of Afghanistan
By period
- Ancient history of Afghanistan
- Greater Khorasan
- Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
- History of Arabs in Afghanistan
- Mongol invasion of Central Asia
- Hotak dynasty
- Siege of Kandahar
- Durrani Empire
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Battle of Jamrud
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Third Anglo-Afghan War
- European influence in Afghanistan
- Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
- Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah
- Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Soviet–Afghan War
- History of Afghanistan since 1992
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
By subject
- History of Arabs in Afghanistan
- Military history of Afghanistan
Culture of Afghanistan
Culture of Afghanistan
Ethnolinguistic groups of Afghanistan
Afghan boys and girls at Kabul
Tribal and religious leaders at Kandahar
- Architecture of Afghanistan
- Cuisine of Afghanistan
- Gender roles in Afghanistan
- Languages of Afghanistan
- Media in Afghanistan
- National symbols of Afghanistan
- Emblem of Afghanistan
- Flag of Afghanistan
- National anthem of Afghanistan
- People of Afghanistan
- Ethnic minorities in Afghanistan
- Prostitution in Afghanistan
- Public holidays in Afghanistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan
Art in Afghanistan
- Art in Afghanistan
- Cinema of Afghanistan
- Music of Afghanistan
- Television in Afghanistan
People of Afghanistan
- People of Afghanistan
- Pashtun people
- Tājik people
- Farsiwan
- Qizilbash
- Hazara people
- Uzbek people
- Turkmen people
- Baloch people
- Nuristani people
- Arabs
- Persian (Dari)
- Sunni Muslim
- Shi'a Muslim
Religion in Afghanistan
- Religion in Afghanistan
- Buddhism in Afghanistan
- Christianity in Afghanistan
- Hinduism in Afghanistan
- Islam in Afghanistan
- Judaism in Afghanistan
- Sikhism in Afghanistan
Sports in Afghanistan
Sports in Afghanistan
- Football in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Afghanistan
Economy of Afghanistan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 119th (one hundred and nineteenth)
- Agriculture in Afghanistan
- Communications in Afghanistan
- Internet in Afghanistan
- Companies of Afghanistan
- Currency of Afghanistan: Afghani
- ISO 4217: AFN
- Energy in Afghanistan
- Energy in Afghanistan
- Health care in Afghanistan
- Mining in Afghanistan
- Taxation in Afghanistan
- Tourism in Afghanistan
- Visa policy of Afghanistan
- Transport in Afghanistan
- Airports in Afghanistan
- Rail transport in Afghanistan
Education in Afghanistan
Education in Afghanistan
Health in Afghanistan
Health in Afghanistan
See also
- Topic overview:
- Afghanistan
- Bibliography of Afghanistan
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- All pages with titles containing Afghanistan
- All pages with titles containing Afghan
References
- ↑ "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. United States: Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/afghanistan/.
External links
- Official government sites
- Government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Office of the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- General information
- Culture and news
- KabulPress.org
- Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan (Cultural issues)
- Afghan Online Press
- Bakhtar News Agency (Official Afghan Agency)
- Other
- Old photos of Afghanistan
- How Hemp could save Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: The Genesis of the Final *[http://www.afghan-web.com/language/ A Look at the Languages Spoken in Afghanistan
- Over 125 recent travel photos from Afghanistan
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