H.E. Mr. Farid Mamundzay
The Ambassador
What do you know about Afghanistan ?
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.
What is the national language of Afghanistan?
Pashto and Persian (Dari), both Indo-European languages, are the official languages of the country. More than two-fifths of the population speak Pashto, the language of the Pashtuns, while about half speak some dialect of Persian.
What is the Capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan.
What is the religion of Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is an Islamic republic, in which most citizens follow Islam. As much as 90% of the population follow Sunni Islam. According to The World Fact book Sunni Muslims constitute between 84.7 - 89.7% of the population and Shia Muslims between 10 - 15%. 0.3% follows other minority religions.
What is the national game of Afghanistan?
Buzkashi is the national sport and a "passion" in Afghanistan.
what are minerals the republic of Afghanistan?
Afghanistan has over 1,400 mineral fields, containing barite, chromite, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, natural gas, petroleum, precious and semi-precious stones, salt, sulfur, talc, and zinc, among many other minerals. Gemstones include high-quality emerald, lapis lazuli, red garnet and ruby.
what are the import and export of republic of Afghanistan?
Main export partners India 56.5% Pakistan 29.6% Iran 3.1% Iraq 2.1% Turkey 1.9% (2016).
Export goods are fruits, nuts, Afghan rugs, wool, cotton, hides, gemstone, and medical herbs.
Main goods are machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles and petroleum products.
Imports - $7.616 billion