brief country history
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COUNTRY
PROFILE
A brief
history of Afghanistan.
Islamic
State of Afghanistan
Description:
Located
at 33° 00N, 65° 00E, and about the size of the U.S. State of Texas.
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country, with some peaks in the
Hindu Kush exceeding 21,000 ft. The southern areas are mostly rolling
hills and desert. The
country has a turbulent past, invaded and conquered (over the centuries)
by the Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Mongols, Tartars and British.
The brutal
1980's war with Russia caused over a million Afghans to lose their
lives, and when the Russians withdrew in 1989 they subsequently left the
country in a turmoil of refugees and poverty.
The
country's future now is very uncertain, especially with America's new
war on terrorists, and its active battle with followers of Usama (Osama)
Bin Laden.
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