President of Afghanistan (3003 bytes)
1: ...ent of Afghanistan''' is [[Afghanistan]]'s [[Head of State]].
3: ...]]. He is the first democratically elected holder of that post.
5: ...ards - at other times being governed by a variety of [[king]]s, [[emir]]s and (under the [[mujahideen]...
7: ...s as being essential to securing the stability of Afghanistan.
9: ==Presidents of Afghanistan==

Afghanistan (21877 bytes)
1: ...Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest countries i...
3: ...d the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...5;&#1606;&#1587;&#1578;&#1575;&#1606;'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanes...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Afghanistan flag large.png|125px]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Coaafghanistansmall.jpg]]

Demographics of Afghanistan (3973 bytes)
1: ....gif|thumb|right|400px|Ethno-linguistic groups in Afghanistan]]
3: ... languages. Dari is spoken by more than one-third of the population as a first language and serves as ...
5: ...raditional practices, provide the principal means of controlling personal conduct and settling legal d...
61: '''Languages''': Pashtu (official) 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic lan...
70: ...orld Factbook]] 2003 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.''

Politics of Afghanistan (16780 bytes)
1: {{Politics of Afghanistan}}
2: ...U.S. invasion of Afghanistan|U.S.-led invasion]], Afghanistan remains in many ways a coherent [[state]] in name...
4: ...s said to govern the capital and not much else in Afghanistan. The country remains very unstable, with [[Taliba...
12: ...ver, the UN continued to recognize the government of [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]].
14: ...ce left the Afghan seat vacant until the question of legitimacy could be resolved through negotiations...

Music of Afghanistan (3712 bytes)
2: ...Herat]], which is more closely related to [[Music of Iran|Iranian music]]. Lyrics across the country ...
4: ...00 years ago" [http://www.adequacy.net/reviews/va/afghanistan.shtml] ([[Piedmont blues]]). Other Afghan instru...
8: ...sidered dishonorable for a woman. At home, women often play the [[daireh]], a drum which is supposedl...
10: ...struments door-to-door and play their own variety of folk music, using a [[shawm]] and [[dohol]], whic...
26: *[http://www.radioafghanistan.com/ Radio Afghanistan homepage]

Invasions of Afghanistan (2509 bytes)
1: ...always been in dispute. Between the Mughal rulers of South Asia, the Russian Tsars and later Communist...
3: ...has also played an important role in the invasion of [[India]] from the West through the [[Khyber Pass...
5: ...ander the Great]] in 330 BC as part of his string of conquests. Among the cities conquered was [[Herat...
7: ...rive to conquer both [[India]] and the heartlands of [[Dar al-Islam]].
9: ...ary defeat, which may have led to the dissolution of Soviet [[communism]].

Asadabad, Afghanistan (383 bytes)
1: ...d Abad) is a city of [[Afghanistan]], the capital of [[Konar province]]. It is located on the [[Konar ...
3: ... number of incidents since the [[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]] began. U.S. forces set up a [[provincial recons...
5: {{Afghanistan-geo-stub}}
7: [[Category:Cities in Afghanistan]]

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan (55685 bytes)
1: ...f the former. British military operations against Afghanistan were codenamed [[Operation Veritas]].
3: ...oped a plan for conventional ground operations in Afghanistan...There simply had been no stomach in Washington ...
6: ... Afghanistan, [[President of the United States|US President]] [[George W. Bush]] delivered an ultimatum [http...
7: * deliver [[Al-Qaida]] leaders located in Afghanistan to the United States
9: ...foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in Afghanistan

Economy of Afghanistan (13992 bytes)
2: ..., and [[narcotic]]s trafficking is a major source of revenue.
4: ...cause of loss of labor and capital and disruption of trade and transport. Continuing internal strife h...
6: ...on in 2004, about equal to the its [[GDP]]. A GDP of US$4 billion in fiscal year [[2003]] was recalcul...
9: ...ation is primitive. Relatively little use is made of machines, chemical fertilizer, or pesticides.
11: ...roduction dramatically declined following 3 years of drought as well as the sustained fighting, instab...

Geography of Afghanistan (15905 bytes)
1: [[Image:Afghanistan map.png|right| ]]
2: ...om]] and slightly smaller than the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The country is [[landlocked]] and [[mo...
5: ...its eastern frontier with the [[People's Republic of China|China]] (76km).
8: Afghanistan's climate is [[arid]] to [[semiarid]], with cold ...
25: ...hwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the norther...

History of Afghanistan (20765 bytes)
3: <small>This article is the top of the
4: '''History of [[Afghanistan]]''' series.</small></td></tr>
6: [[Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan]]</td></tr>
8: [[Islamic conquest of Afghanistan]]</td></tr>
12: [[European influence in Afghanistan]]</td></tr>

Military of Afghanistan (1230 bytes)
1: ...0|official name=Afghan National Army|age=22 years of age (2004 est.)|availability=6,785,414 (2004 est....
3: ...ion of a national army remains a gradual process; Afghanistan's militia forces continue to be factionalized, la...
5: ... foreign powers including the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Russia]], [[Pakistan]] and the [[Unite...
10: [[Category:Afghanistan]]

Da Afghanistan Bank (290 bytes)
1: ... the [[banking]] and money handling operations in Afghanistan.

Communications in Afghanistan (1709 bytes)
16: ... station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)
31: ... Difficulties of operating media organizations in Afghanistan]
32: [[Category:Afghanistan]]
33: [[Category:Communications by country|Afghanistan]]

Transportation in Afghanistan (2243 bytes)
1: Transportation in [[Afghanistan]]:
3: ...tan]], has barge traffic. During their occupation of the country, the Soviets completed a bridge acros...
5: ...nistan. A highway connecting the principal cities of Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, and Kabul with links to ...
7: ...roads are in a state of disrepair. The poor state of the Afghan transportation and communication netwo...
11: ...o [[Kheyrabad]] transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya (2001)

Abdullah (Afghanistan) (533 bytes)
3: ...ndahar]] is the current [[Foreign Minister]] of [[Afghanistan]].
5: ...id Karzai]] Dr. Abdullah was the foreign minister of the [[Northern Alliance]]'s government and the se...

Elections in Afghanistan (1490 bytes)
1: {{Politics of Afghanistan}}
2: ... in which electorates choose [[local government]] officials.
3: ...or a more comprehensive discussion and the [[List of democracy and elections-related topics]] for an o...
5: ... by [[Hamid Karzai]]. [[President of Afghanistan|Presidential]] elections have been held in 2004.
6: ...arties]] in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and [[political parties|part...

Gardez, Afghanistan (386 bytes)
1: ...The city is not far from the [[Tora Bora]] region of caves and tunnels, where it was believed that [[O...
3: Gardez is west of [[Khost]] and 60 miles south of [[Kabul]].
5: {{Afghanistan-geo-stub}}
7: [[Category:Cities in Afghanistan]]
8: [[de:Gardez (Afghanistan)]]

War in Afghanistan (409 bytes)
1: ...uring the [[History of Afghanistan|History of]] [[Afghanistan]] include:
4: * The [[European influence in Afghanistan#The Second Anglo-Afghan War|Second Anglo-Afghan W...
5: * The [[European influence in Afghanistan#Third Anglo-Afghan War and Independence|Third Ang...
6: * The [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]
7: * The [[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]]

Islam in Afghanistan (23065 bytes)
1: ...liph]] of [[Islam]] and the cousin and son-in-law of prophet [[Muhammad]]. Most [[Shi'a]]s in general ...
3: ...of [[Ismailis]]. There is also a strong influence of [[Sufism]] among both Sunni and Shi'a communities...
7: See: [[Islamic conquest of Afghanistan]]
11: ...s entrepreneurs; many gained from the development of education that began in the [[1950s]].
13: ...[[Yunus Khalis]] and the [[Ittihad-i-Islam]] of Professor [[Abd al-Rabb al-Rasul Sayyaf]]. Violent sec...

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