Afghanistan

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Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous country in South-Central Asia known for its strategic location at the crossroads of empires and its long history of conflict and cultural diversity.



Referenced by (332)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
2001 fall of Kabul
2004 Afghan presidential election
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Afghan National Army
Afghan National Police
Afghan afghani
Afghan mujahideen
Aimaqs
Amu Darya
Ashkun language
Battle of Tora Bora
Chagatai Khanate
Eastern Afghanistan
Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C.
Emirate of Afghanistan
Fall of Kabul (2021)
Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami
Hazaragi
Herat
Hindu Kush
Hizb-i Islami Khalis
Indus River basin
Ittehad-e Islami
Kabul
Kabul River
Kandahar
Mahaz-e Milli
Mughal dynasty
Northern Alliance
Noshaq
Nuristan Province
Nuristani people
Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Prasun language
Resolute Support Mission
Salang Pass
Salang Tunnel
Saryk dialect
Saur Revolution
Southern Afghanistan
This is the Home of the Brave (historical)
Tregami language
Wakhan Corridor
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Western Afghanistan
country
Ashkun language
Indo-Aryan languages
Kazakh language
Khowar
Kyrgyz
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Iranian languages
Nuristani languages ("Nuristan")
Nuristani languages
Pashto language
Pashto language ("Northern Afghanistan")
Tregami language
Wakhi
Wanetsi
spokenIn
2004 Afghan presidential election
Afghan conflicts
Great Game
Operation Cyclone
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
Resolute Support Mission
Saur Revolution
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Soviet–Afghan War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces)
location
Abdul Rashid Dostum
Afghan
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Babrak Karmal
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Hamid Karzai
Jalaluddin Haqqani
Mohammad Najibullah
Nuristani people
Sima Samar
countryOfCitizenship
Ashraf Ghani
Bahlul Lodi
Buzkashi
Hazaras
Taliban
al-Qaeda
countryOfOrigin
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
British India
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Kohat Division
Xinjiang
borderedBy
Chagai District
Chitral District
Khyber District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
borders
Brahui people
Ghaznavid Empire
Kandahar
Safed Koh
Southern Afghanistan
locatedIn
Baloch people
Kamviri language
Nuristani languages
Pakhto
Persian language
primaryCountry
Baloch people
Persian
Tajiks
Uzbek
Uzbeks
significantPopulationIn
India
Pakistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
borderCountry
Economic Cooperation Organization
SAARC Development Fund
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South Asian University
memberState
Doha Agreement (2020)
Dravidian languages
Hotak dynasty
Persian language
region
Grenadier Guards
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
battleHonour
Ai-Khanoum
Alexandria in Arachosia
Khanate of Bukhara
locatedInPresentDay
Pakhto
Pashto language
Persian language
officialLanguageOf
Ashraf Ghani
Hamid Karzai
Sima Samar
placeOfBirth
Balochi
Pashto media
Southwestern Iranian languages
primaryRegion
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Inter-Services Intelligence
Taliban
regionOfActivity
Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Reagan Doctrine
appliesTo
Indus River
Kabul River
basinCountry
Fall of Kabul (2021) ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
belligerent
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
birthPlace
Chagai District
Malakand Division
border
China
Tajikistan
borderingCountry
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Torkham
borderWith
Khyber Pass
Wakhan Corridor
connects
Shuja Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani
countryRuled
Mongol Ilkhanate
Mughal Empire
countryToday
Aurel Stein
Ayman al-Zawahiri
deathCountry
Eastern Iranian languages
Iranian languages
geographicDistribution
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
SAARC Cultural Centre
hasMemberState
International Security Assistance Force
al-Qaeda
headquartersLocation
Member States of the United Nations ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
World Health Organization Member States
includes
Greater Middle East
South-Central Asia
includesCountry
Noshaq
Safed Koh
locatedOnBorderOf
Alexandria in Arachosia ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
Mongols
modernCountry
Inter-Services Intelligence
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
operatesIn
Ittehad-e Islami
Mahaz-e Milli
operationalArea
Nuristan Province
Southern Afghanistan
partOf
Jalaluddin Haqqani
Mohammad Najibullah
placeOfDeath
Hazaras
Nuristani people
populationCountry
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre
regionServed
AF
Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C.
represents
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
The Looming Tower
setting
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
theaterOfOperations
Afghan afghani
This is the Home of the Brave (historical)
usedIn
Afghan
adjectiveFormOf
AF
alpha2CodeFor
SAARC Secretariat
appliesToJurisdiction
U.S. Central Command
areaOfResponsibility
Turkic languages
areSpokenIn
AF
assignedTo
SAARC Arbitration Council
associatedWith
Lashkari Zaban
associatedWithCountry
SAARC Development Fund
beneficiary
Peshawar Division
borderedByCountry
Bannu Division
borderingRegion
Chagai District
bordersWith
1984 Summer Olympics
boycott
Games of the XXIII Olympiad
boycottingCountry
Kabul
capitalOf
Ashraf Ghani
citizenship
Anglo-Afghan Wars
conflictBetween
Afghan Civil War
conflictIn
Quetta–Chaman railway line
connectsToBorderWith
Asia
containsCountry
Taliban
controlsTerritoryIn
Durrani Empire
coreTerritory
Afghan–Pakistan relations
country1
Kok-boru
countryAssociatedWith
Zhob
countryBorder
Ayman al-Zawahiri
countryOfExile
Islamic State – Khorasan Province
countryOfOperation
SAARC Cultural Centre
countryOfService
Turkmen language
countryOrRegion
SAARC Disaster Management Centre
countryServed
Pashtuns
countryWithLargePopulation
Ahmad Shah Durrani
deathPlace
4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
deploymentTheater
Turkmens
diasporaCountry
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
disputeBetween
Iranian peoples
ethnicGroupOf
Sayyids
ethnicRegion
Brahui people
ethnolinguisticMinorityIn
Iranian plateau
extendsInto
Himalaya with Michael Palin
featuresCountry
Shantaram
featuresLocation
Amu Darya
flowsAlongBorderOf
Taliban
foundedInCountry
Stray Feathers
geographicScope
Afghan afghani
governingLawJurisdiction
Afghan American
hasAncestralOrigin
AF ("AFG")
hasAssociatedAlpha3Code
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
hasBattleHonors
Iran
hasBorderWith
Gilgit River
hasCountryBorderInBasin
Persian literature
hasCulturalCenter
Indo-Iranian peoples
hasHistoricalRegion
Islamic Development Bank
hasMember
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
hasObserver
Iranian languages
hasOfficialStatusIn
SAARC Summit
hasParticipant
Timurid dynasty
hasTerritory
George Gittoes
hasWorkedIn
Dilip Hiro
hasWrittenAbout
Ashraf Ghani ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
headOfGovernment
Hamid Karzai
headOfGovernmentOf
Noshaq
highestPointOf
One Laptop per Child
implementedInCountry
Greater Iran
includesRegion
Global War on Terrorism
includesTheater
Quetta
isBorderCityWith
Khan
isCommonInCountry
Kabul
isCulturalCenterOf
Kabul
isEconomicCenterOf
Afghan afghani
isNationalFiatCurrencyOf
Afghanistan ("AFG")
ISO3166-1Alpha3
Kabul
isPoliticalCenterOf
Afghan National Police
jurisdiction
Kabul
largestCityOf
Afghan afghani
legalTenderIn
Pamir Mountains
locatedInCountry
Quetta
locatedNear
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
locatedOnBorderWith
Emerald
majorSourceCountry
SAFTA
member
Standing Committee (SAARC)
membership
SAARC Energy Centre
memberStates
Kyrgyz
minorityLanguageIn
Khorasan
modernCountries
Emirate of Afghanistan ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo
Afghan afghani
monetaryUnitOf
Charlie Wilson's War
narrativeLocation
Pashtuns
nativeTo
Ras Koh Hills
nearBorderWith
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
notableTheatre
Afghan afghani
officialCurrencyOf
Central Asia
oftenIncludesTerritory
Osama bin Laden
operatedIn
International Security Assistance Force
operatedInCountry
Taliban ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
opposedBy
Al-Biruni
placeOfActivityPresentCountry
Haredi Jews
populationCenter
Buzkashi
practicedIn
Ghurid Empire
presentDayLocation
Naqshbandi
presentIn
Fall of Kabul (2021) ("Islamic Republic of Afghanistan")
previousGoverningBody
Perso-Arabic script
primaryUseRegion
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
primeMinisterOf
Kazakh language
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Zaman Shah Durrani
regionRuled
Christina Lamb
reportedFrom
Ayman al-Zawahiri
residence
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
separates
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
servesCountry
7th Marine Regiment
service
Rambo III
setIn
The Kite Runner (film)
setInLocation
Zero Dark Thirty
setInPlace
Provinces of Pakistan
shareBorderWith
Indus River basin
sharedBy
Geneva Accords of 1988
signatory
Twelver Shia
significantMinorityIn
Kabul River
sourceCountry
Indo-Iranian languages
spokenInRegion
Ahmad Shah Durrani
territorialExtent
Afsharid Empire
territoryIncludes
1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
theater
Operation Herrick
theatre
1st Canadian Division
theatreOfOperations
Omid
usageRegion
Scud missile
usedBy
Eastern Arabic numerals
usedInRegion
Kandahar
wasCapitalOf
Hamid Karzai
wasInterimLeaderOf
Hanafi school
widelyFollowedIn
Boris Gromov
workLocation
Juan Cole
writesAbout

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