10 facst about Afghanistan
1. Afghanistan is known as a landlocked country located in southern central Asia.
2. With 249,984 square miles or 647,500 square kilometers, Afghanistan is known as the world’s 41st-largest country. It borders with such countries as Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China.
3. Nearly 3.5 million Afghan refugees live abroad the country. The majority of Afghan refugees are settled in Pakistan and Iran.
4. The territory of modern Afghanistan is geostrategically important, because it connects South and Central Asia and Middle East.
5. The Durrani Empire, founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, is considered as the beginning of modern Afghanistan.
6. Pashtuns (42 % of the population) and Tajiks (27 % of the population) are the largest ethnic groups in Afgnaistan.
7. The prototype of Afgh?nist?n is a Sanskrit word Upaganasthan, which can be translated as ‘land of the allied tribes’. Until the 11th century A..D. Upaganasthan was a Hindu kingdom.
8. During the second part of 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer zone between the British Indian Empire and Russian Empire.
9. The main and the most valuable export of Afghanistan is opium.
10. The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan lasted for almost 10 years.
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