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It is variously described as being located within South Asia, Central Asia, and sometimes Western Asia (or the Middle East). It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast, and [

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia.

History

It is variously described as being located within South Asia, Central Asia, and sometimes Western Asia (or the Middle East). It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast, and India claims a border with Afghanistan at Wakhan. In the beginning of the 20th Century, the great American photographer Lowell Thomas almost lost his life when taking pictures of King Amanullah.[1]

The country later on became a hotbed for terrorists, especially the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban whom the United States of America fought to remove.[2][3]

Points of Interest

  • Kabul

Residents

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