Map of Afghanistan
Location
Afghanistan is a country located in South Asia. It is bordered by China in the south-east, Pakistan in the south and east, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan to the north and Iran to the west.
Religion
The major religion of Afghanistan in Islam with 99.7% of the population identifying as Muslim. However, there are thousands of Afghan Sikhs in Afghanistan as well as a rough estimate of 500-8000 Christians who practice their faith in secret.
Political Situation
Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic and is a democracy. The country’s president is Ashraf Ghani and Abdul Rashid Dostum and Sarwar Danish are the vice presidents. Abdullah Abdullah is the chief executive officer (COF).
Physical Geography
Afghanistan has a land area of 652, 230 square kilometers and the highest point is Noshak at 7,492 meters. The Amu Darya is the longest river that passes through Afghanistan and it is 2661 kilometers long. It has a continental climate with very hot summers and freezing winters.
Location of Initiatives
The Enhancement of Literacy of Afghanistan (ELA) was conducted in all 34 provinces.
History of the War
When the 9/11 attacks happened, Osama Bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda, was identified as the man responsible for the attacks.
The Taliban who are terrorists who ruled Afghanistan protected and shielded Osama bin Laden. Consequently, the US launched a series of air strikes against them and when other countries started joining the war, the Taliban were effectively removed from power. But after being reorganized by their leader, Mullah Omar, they came back stronger than ever. Since then, the US and its allies have been struggling to stop the government from collapsing and ending the deadly attacks by the Taliban. It is the longest war in US history and hundreds of thousands of people have been killed included but not limited to 2,400 US military personnel, 31,000 civilians and 62,000 Afghan national security forces. In 2018, 10,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan and more than a third were children.
