Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |||||||||
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Capital and largest city | Kabul 33°N 66°E / 33°N 66°ECoordinates: 33°N 66°E / 33°N 66°E | ||||||||
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Afghan Sign Language | |||||||||
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Demonym(s) | Afghan | ||||||||
Government | Unitary Deobandi Islamic caretaker government under an autocracy | ||||||||
• Head | Hibatullah Akhundzada | ||||||||
Hasan Akhund (acting) | |||||||||
Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting) | |||||||||
Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting) | |||||||||
Legislature | TBA (as of 2021) | ||||||||
Formation | |||||||||
1709–1738 | |||||||||
1747–1842 | |||||||||
• Emirate | 1823–1926 | ||||||||
19 August 1919 | |||||||||
• Kingdom | 9 June 1926 | ||||||||
17 July 1973 | |||||||||
7 September 1996 | |||||||||
26 January 2004 | |||||||||
15 August 2021 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (40th) | ||||||||
• Water (%) | negligible | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 2020 estimate | 32,890,171 (43rd) | ||||||||
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (174th) | ||||||||
GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate | ||||||||
• Total | $72.911 billion (96th) | ||||||||
• Per capita | $2,024 (169th) | ||||||||
GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate | ||||||||
• Total | $21.657 billion (111st) | ||||||||
• Per capita | $493 (177th) | ||||||||
Gini (2008) | ▼ 27.8 low · 1st | ||||||||
HDI (2019) | 0.511 low · 169th | ||||||||
Currency | Afghani (افغانی) (AFN) | ||||||||
Time zone | UTC+4:30 Solar Calendar (D†) | ||||||||
Driving side | right | ||||||||
Calling code | +93 | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | AF | ||||||||
Internet TLD | .af افغانستان. | ||||||||
Website www | |||||||||
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a country in Asia. It borders Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.Kabul is the capital city.
Afghanistan is currently governed by the Taliban, after the collapse of the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021. In early times people passed through it with animals and other goods as it connected China and India with Central Asia and the Middle East. More recently, Afghanistan has been damaged by many years of war. There are not enough jobs.