Afghanistan Face Sheet
By Tour Guide
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

Afghanistan Economy
By Tour Guide
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 [...]

Afghanistan
By Guide
Posted 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.