Afghanistan
Latest News:
- Afghanistan: Pakistan to close all refugee camps by 2009
- Afghanistan: Taliban should immediately free hostages
- Afghanistan: World Bank supports efforts to curb the spread ...
- Secretary-General deplores killing of hostages in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: ANBP Newsletter, Issue No. 08, Jun - Jul 2007
- UNHCR calls for more effort to ensure Afghan refugees can reintegrate
- Analysis - Fewer child soldiers, many still brutally vulnerable
- Cops or robbers? The struggle to reform the Afghan National Police
- Factbox - Hot spots of child soldier recruitment
- Afghanistan: Rights group, UN sceptical about reduced civili...
People
- Population: 22664136
- Population Growth: 4.78%
- Infant Mortality: 149.7 per 1000 live births (similar to Afghanistan)
Context
- Area: 647500 km2
- Government: transitional government
- Religions: Shia Muslim (15%), Sunni Muslim (84%)
- Ethnic Groups: Uzbek (6%), Hazara (19%), Tajik (25%), Pashtun (38%)
- Borders: China (76 km), Uzbekistan (137 km), Turkmenistan (744 km), Iran (936 km), Tajikistan (1206 km), Pakistan (2430 km)
Economy
- GDP per capita: 184$US (similar to Bolivia, Sao Tome and Principe, Nigeria, Moldova)
- GDP from agriculture: 65%
- GDP from industry: 15%
- GDP from services: 20%
