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
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- Mexican president demands proof after US accuses banks of laundering drug money - Mexicoon July 9, 2025
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- Robinhood stock tokens face scrutiny in the European Union after OpenAI warningon July 9, 2025
Robinhood stock tokens face scrutiny in the European Union after OpenAI warning
- China doubles down on promoting yuan as confidence in U.S. dollar takes a beatingon July 9, 2025
China doubles down on promoting yuan as confidence in U.S. dollar takes a beating
- Robinhood CEO downplays OpenAI concerns on tokenized stock structureon July 9, 2025
Robinhood CEO downplays OpenAI concerns on tokenized stock structure
- Arrest warrant issued for Taliban’s supreme leader over persecution of women and girls in Afghanistanby Alisha Rahaman Sarkar on July 9, 2025
Taliban have imposed harsh measures that range from banning women from public places to girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade
- ICC seeks arrest of 2 top Taliban leaders over crimes against Afghani womenon July 8, 2025
ICC seeks arrest of 2 top Taliban leaders over crimes against Afghani women
- ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaderson July 8, 2025
THE HAGUE,9th July, 2025 (WAM) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls.The ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, chief justice […]
- Russia took Afghanistan without firing a shoton July 8, 2025
In the post-American vacuum, Moscow doesn't waste time When Russia recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan last week, it didn't just open a new embassy - it opened a new geopolitical front. For the first time since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, a major world player has gone beyond informal […]