Afghanistan
By: Becky Williams
The Land
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Afghanistan is located in
South Asia
The landforms of
Afghanistan are
mountains, valleys, hills,
and plains
Natural Resources: oil,
gasoline, petroleum, coal,
copper, talc, barites,
sulfur, lead, zinc, iron, ore,
and salt
The Land cont…
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Water Systems:
Afghanistan is divided
into 4 regions; north,
south, east, and west
The south basin holds the
majority of the country’s
water
There are many rivers
that run through
Afghanistan providing
water to the people
Climate/Vegetation
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Temperature varies from -10 degrees Celsius in winter to
34 degrees Celsius in summer
From the count in 1994, there are 123 species of
animals in Afghanistan
Some of these include: mice, bats, snow leopard, tiger,
bears, fox, monkey, hedgehog, and porcupine
Some of the common vegetation consists of: evergreens,
oaks, locoweed, mimosa, sagebrush, and wormwood
Government
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Hamid Karzai is the president of Afghanistan
The first and second vice presidents are, in order:
Mohammed Fahim Khan, and Abdul Karim Khalili
The government is an Islamic Republic
The life expectancy is 44.4 years
The population is 28,395,716 people as of July
2009
History
Battle of Ghuznee
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The Battle of Ghuznee was
the beginning of the first
Afghan war
The British and Indian soldiers
of the Bengal and Bombay
army, along with the army of
Shah Shuja fought together
against the Afghans of Dost
Mohammed
Outcome: The British and
Indian army won
Afghanistan War
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1978-1992
Anti-Communist Muslim Afghan
guerrillas vs. Afghan
government and Soviet
The assassination of Sardar
Muhammad Daud Khan made
relations tight
Because of another coup in
1979, there was an invasion of
Soviet forces
The war came to an end when
the Afghan government
collapsed
Economy
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The major exports are: opium, fruits and nuts,
handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts,
and precious and semi-precious gems
The percentage of the total population of
Afghanistan that has the ability to read is 28.1
The national currency of Afghanistan is Afghani
Culture
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Traditional clothing for the women is kalaa Afghani
(Afghan women’s dress)
It consists of tombaan (pants), parahaan (overdress),
chaadar (head covering), and payzaar (footwear)
Traditional clothing for the men is tombaan, payraan
(overshirt), kullaa (hat or cap), and payzaar
In the cold, men often wear a waaskaat (vest), pokool
(hat), and shaal (shawl) along with the basic items
Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, and Turkman make up the majority of
the languages spoken in Afghanistan
The most practiced religions are Sunni Muslim and Shia
Muslim
Places to Visit
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The Bolan pass
 Mosque
 Mausoleum
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of Timur Shah
Hindu Kush
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Bamiyan
Works Cited
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