Afghanistan (Pashtoi Dari افغانستان). The official name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto -افغانستان اسلامي امارات, Dari -امارت اسلامی افغانستان) is a state in Central Asia, also belonging to South Asia.is a landlocked country located in South Asia, bordered by Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. It has a diverse ethnic and linguistic population of around 38 million people, with Pashtuns and Tajiks being the largest groups. The official languages of Afghanistan are Pashto and Dari, and the majority of the population is Muslim.
Capital
Kabul
Cities
- Kandahar
- Herat
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- Kunduz
- Jalalabad
- Taloqan
- Puli Khumri
- Charikar
- Lashkargah
- Sheberghan
- Ghazni
- Khost
- Sar-e Pol
- Chaghcharan
- Mihtarlam
- Farah
- Puli Alam
Currency
- Afghani (افغانی) (AFN
Population
- 38,346,720
Neighbors
- Pakistan
- Iran
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Tajikistan
- China
Official languages
- Pashto
- Dari
Culture
Climate
Member state of
- UN member state under an unrecognized government.
Economy
Natural Resources
- coal
- copper
- lithium
- uranium
- iron ore
- talc
- rare earth elements
- sulfur
- chromite
- barite
- zinc
- lead
- gold
- marble
- precious and semi-precious stones
- natural gas
- petroleum