| Area Total | 652,230 sq km |
| Climate | arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
| Natural Resources | natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones, arable land |
| Imports | China 21%, Iran 20.5%, Pakistan 11.8%, Kazakhstan 11%, Uzbekistan 6.8%, Malaysia 5.3% (2017) – machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products |
| Exports | India 56.5%, Pakistan 29.6% (2017) – opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems, and medical herbs |
| Government | presidential Islamic republic |
| Capital | Kabul |
| Population | 34,940,837 (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) (2015) |
| Language | Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1% (2017 est.) |
News about Afghanistan
- Taliban make 13-year-old boy execute murderer in stadium spectacle attended by 80,000 peopleby Via AP news wire on December 3, 2025
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have carried out a public execution in the eastern city of Khost
- Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countriesby Reuters on December 3, 2025
Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigrationThe Trump administration on Tuesday said it had paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public […]
- US needs travel ban on killer migrants Homeland Securityon December 2, 2025
Kristi Noems call comes in the wake of last weeks attack on National Guard members by an asylum seeker in Washington, DCThe US needs a sweeping travel ban on countries "flooding" America with criminal migrants, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said.The call comes after an Afghan asylum seeker was identified as the suspect in last week's shooting […]
- Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’by Maanvi Singh on December 2, 2025
US paused asylum decisions, halted Afghan visas, and will review green card requests after national guard shootingExplainer: what Trump’s asylum ‘pause’ means – and what it doesn’tNews that the Trump administration has paused asylum decisions, halted visas for Afghans who assisted the US war effort and is re-evaluating green card applications for […]
- Afghanistan approves 11 development projectson December 2, 2025
KABUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan government's national procurement commission has approved 11 development projects valued at 1.5 billion afghani (over 22.5 million U.S. dollars) to boost infrastructure, healthcare, and economic opportunities, the office of the deputy prime minister for economic affairs announced Tuesday. The decision was made during a […]
- Afghan police seize 551 kg illegal drugs, arrest 2 smugglerson December 2, 2025
KABUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Counter-narcotics police have seized 551 kg of illegal drugs and arrested two suspected smugglers during a vehicle search operation in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province, provincial police spokesman Nizamudin Omir said Tuesday. The illicit drugs, consisting of opium, were concealed in a vehicle that was en route to an unknown […]
- Afghanistan rolls out 169 development projects to improve living conditionson December 2, 2025
KABUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- A total of 169 development and maintenance projects have been completed and brought into operation in Paktia province, eastern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development announced Tuesday. These initiatives include a range of essential improvements, including water dams, rural road reconstruction, water […]
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