Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Wikipedia
Capital: Kabul
Currency: Afghan Afghani
Official languages: Pashto and Dari
Gross domestic product: 14.27 billion USD (2021)
Population: 41.13 million (2022)
Government: Theocracy
Dialing code: +93
Source: World Bank
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Almost all institutions set up to address gender-based violence under the former government were shut down by the Taliban. Background. Already a poor country, ...
The United States established diplomatic ties with Afghanistan in 1935. In 2012, the United States and Afghanistan concluded the Strategic Partnership ...
4 days ago · Afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting ...
The Taliban conducted an insurgency for two decades against the Afghan Government and international forces from the United States and other countries. In ...
The Taliban surged back to power two decades after U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States' longest war.
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The Taliban have also carried out broad censorship and have detained and tortured journalists and activists. Groups affiliated with the Islamic State have ...