Afghanistan
Ashley Oshier & Hailey Olds
Geography
- Asia is the continent
- Near the Indian ocean, and near China
- Kabul is the capital, Khost is a major city
- 252,072 miles squared
- Afghanistan's highest point is Mt. Nowshak
- Gems, gold, copper, and coal
Economy
- Agriculture is the main industry in Afghanistan, and pastoral raw materials. The major industrial crops are: cotton, tobacco, madder, castor beans, and sugar beets.
- Some exports of Afghanistan are carpets, fresh fruit, wool, cotton
- Some imports of Afghanistan are machinery, food, textiles, and petroleum products
- The currency of Afghanistan is Afghan Afghani
Government
- Islamic Republic
- They have a president , Afghanistan.
- 13,000 troops
- Military robots, and M-ATV's
- Allies they have are Untied States and Britain Some enemies are Iraq and Syria
Social Structure
- Class System
- Pashtuns
- Uzbecks
- Turkmeks
- Religion of Afghanistan is Islam
- Some ethnic groups are: pashtun, Taljik, Hazara, Uzbek, Almak, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Arab,Brahui and Pamiri
- Life expectancy in Afghanistan is 60.51 years
- Languages spoken- Pastuns, Turkmen
History
- President is Mahammadu
- Afghan Surgeon is exiled
- sighing truce with notorious insurgent
- executes 6 Taliban prisoners
- there was an afghan rain