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Germany to extend Afghanistan mission...troops can go home. The cabinet also decided to scrap a mission to send AWAC surveillance planes to Afghanistan after Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan refused to allow NATO to fly them through their airspace. The German army's... In this article: Angela Merkel, Afghanistan, Berlin, Germany, NATO, Guido Westerwelle, and Kabul |
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Charlotte Observer | 4 days ago
Germany to extend Afghanistan mission another year
...and Turkmenistan. Merkel, along with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has called for an international conference on the future path for Afghanistan to take place in early 2010. "We want to hand...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Germany, NATO, Guido Westerwelle, Kunduz, Berlin, and James Appathurai
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Salon | 4 days ago
Paying off Afghanistan's warlords
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Among...
In this article: Kabul, Hamid Karzai, Usaid, Taliban, and U.S.
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White House News | November 09, 2009
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 11/9/09
...Senior Seminar from 2004-2005. Ms. Kennedy was Ambassador to Turkmenistan from 2001-2003 where she focused on support for civil society as well as support for operations in neighboring Afghanistan. She was the Deputy Chief of Mission,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan, and Department of State
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AP Online | November 11, 2009
Missing US soldier's body found in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) - Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who disappeared last week as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that fell into a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday. The two...
In this article: NATO, Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Kabul, U.S., and Turkmenistan
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CNN | November 11, 2009
U.S. soldier's body found in Afghan river
...in Afghanistan river Two U.S. soldiers went missing in Afghan river on November 4 Both lost in Morghab River near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan Family identifies recovered body as that of Benjamin Sherman of Plymouth,...
In this article: U.S., Morghab River, Plymouth, Massachusetts, E mail, Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and NATO
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Afghan 'friendly fire' claim probed
...missing Wednesday KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- NATO forces in Afghanistan are investigating a report that an airstrike killed Afghan security forces in a region rife with arms smuggling and narcotics trafficking. Afghanistan's Defense...
In this article: NATO, U.S., Turkmenistan, Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Narcotic, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. It is variously described as being located within Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.
Afghanistan (meaning land of the Afghans) has a very long history, it has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and migration. It is an important geostrategic location, connecting East and West Asia or the Middle East. The land has been a target of various invaders, as well as a source from which local powers invaded neighboring regions to form their own empires. Ahmad Shah Durrani created the Durrani Empire in 1747, which is considered the beginning of modern Afghanistan. Its capital was shifted later from Kandahar to Kabul and most of its territories ceded to neighboring empires. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in "The Great Game" played between the British Indian Empire and Russian Empire. On August 19, 1919, following the third Anglo-Afghan war, the country regained independence from the United Kingdom over its foreign affairs.
- Name:
- Afghanistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Capital:
- Kabul
- Language:
- Dari (Persian), Pashto
- Largest City:
- Kabul
- Government type:
- Islamic republic or Interim administration
- Founding Date:
- October 01, 1747
- Formations:
- First Afghan state
- Area:
- 251772
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $21.388 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 96th
- GDP (nominal):
- $11.709 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $416
- Time Zone:
- Dâ€
- Currency:
- Afghani
- Demonym:
- Afghan
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- AFN
- Country Calling Code:
- 93
- ccTLD:
- .af
- Anthem:
- Milli Surood
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