Afghanistan

By: Becky Williams

The Land 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… 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

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

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

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

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

Battle of Ghuznee Afghanistan War

Economy

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 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

The Bolan pass

Mosque

Mausoleum of Timur Shah

Hindu Kush

• Bamiyan

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