Posted in Afghanistan on 20 August 2008
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Afghanistan Fact Sheet
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Population
32738376
Population growth
2.63%
GDP(2007)
USD$ 35 billion
GDP Growth
12.40%
GDP per capita
USD$ 1,000
Telephone lines (land)
280000
Telephone lines (mobile)
4.668 million
Airports
46
Languages spoken
Pashto,Dari (also known as Afghan Persian),Uzbek,Turkmen,Balochi,Pashai and many more dilects
Literacy
28.10%
Suffrage
18 Universal
Government type
Islamic Republic
Religions
Islam - Sunni, Shi’a and 1% other
Posted in Afghanistan, Latest Posts on 8 July 2008
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Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked and highly dependent on foreign aids, agriculture and trade with neighboring countries. However, Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict. It has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Real GDP growth exceeded 7 % in 2007.
Afghanistan’s mainstay is agriculture. The agricultural products they [...]
AfghanistanPosted in Country, Featured on 2 July 2008
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Afghanistan is a culturally mixed nation, a crossroads between the East and the West, and has been an ancient focal point of trade and migration. It has an important geostrategical location, connecting South, Central and Southwest Asia.