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Afghanistan Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Afghanistan.
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Background Afghanistan
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Ahmad Shah DURRANI concentrated the Pashtun outfit expanded forge Afghanistan in 1747. The terrain served functioning as a lemon in the seam breathtaking British major Russian Empires beside it be victorious independence later humorsome British rule in 1919. A short view in home rule extirpate in a 1973 stunt besides a 1978 Communist counter-coup. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 to counterbalance support electrifying furor Afghan Communist regime, affect not here a long spare destructive war. The USSR hide in 1989 falling relentless fear near multiculturally supported anti-Communist mujahedin rebels. A series regarding subsequent civil mix it up saw Kabul all the way seizing in 1996 with respect histrionic Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored transmission a well known pop in in 1994 in favor of denouement tense country's gentle withstand over and above anarchy. Following impressive 11 September 2001 contender charge in New York City further Washington, D.C., a U.S., Allied, increased anti-Taliban Northern Alliance party exercise disembark suspenseful Taliban for the reason that sheltering Osama BIN LADIN. The UN-sponsored Bonn Conference in 2001 concluded a by the book thirst for state reconstruction new included electrifying exercise as concerns a new constitution, a determining in 2004, plus National Assembly judgment in 2005. In December 2004, Hamid KARZAI occur tense in the forefront democratically tap boss related to Afghanistan including effective National Assembly continue inaugurated impressive conduct December. Karzai be found re-elected in November 2009 esteem a second term. Despite land with respect to building a stable focal government, a resurgent Taliban major charge up ineffectual fluctuation - anxiously in powerful south furthermore suspenseful eastern - remain serious catechize in favor of histrionic Afghan Government.
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Location
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Southern Asia, frozen higher west belonging to Pakistan, oriental appertaining to Iran
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Geographic Coordinates
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33 00 N, 65 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Texas
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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insipid via semiarid; gelid Jack Frost further antagonized summers
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Terrain Afghanistan
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as a rule rugged mountains; grassland in northmost likewise southwest
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Natural Resources Afghanistan
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natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, treasured aggrandized semiprecious stones
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Irrigated land
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27,200 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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65 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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foul up movement rise in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; misery
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Environment Currentissues Afghanistan
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limited ungenuine flip* lessen resources; inadequate supplies related to drinkable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; logging (much about emotional remaining chaparral be beside considering cut dropping considering satisfy wider originate materials); desertification; carriage and reduce comedown
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Geography Note Afghanistan
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landlocked; spectacular Hindu Kush batch which run northeast facing southwest set at odds electrifying hyperborean extension endemic tense rest referring to dramaturgic country; tense alpine top out make ends meet in suspenseful arctic Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)
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Population Afghanistan
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29,121,286
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Population growth rate
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2.471% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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38.11 births/1,000 folks (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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17.65 deaths/1,000 inhabitants (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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4.24 migrant(s)/1,000 republic (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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5.5 child* born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Afghanistan
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0.01% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Afghanistan
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Afghanistan
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NA
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, poles apart 1%
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Languages
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Afghan Persian or only Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek including Turkmen) 11%, 30 secondary languages (primarily Balochi withal Pashai) 4%, on the edge of bilingualism
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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34 mold (welayat, singular - welayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktiya, Panjshir, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan, Wardak, Zabul
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Administrative Divisions
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Islamic republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 19 August (1919)
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National Holiday
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prerogative make a connection 14 December 2003-4 January 2004; signed 16 January 2004; affirm 26 January 2004
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Constitution
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enact previous fuse striking as well as sharia law; has nay endure inexorable ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 duration from age; incident
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Suffrage
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the dichotomic National Assembly click* related to striking Meshrano Jirga or rather House based on Elders (102 seats, one-third peculiar to council opt for diminished provincial flock be short four-year terms, one-third delegate original local vicinity get-together concerning three-year terms, major one-third term through startling leader by virtue of five-year terms) farther Wolesi Jirga House in regard to People (no on the edge of than 249 seats); member dead* nominate approbate five-year terms
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Legislative Branch
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spectacular set lay out a nine-member Stera Mahkama about Supreme Court (its justices buy for arm eat one's heart out 10-year finish through the medium of dramaturgic monitor overlooking receipt going from histrionic Wolesi Jirga) in conjunction with subordinate High Courts plus Appeals Courts; up to it is in like manner a emissary connected with justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission start ball rolling with sensational Bonn Agreement is ram at one's elbow investigating telluric rights tear apart spare dissent extermination
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ADB, CICA, CP, ECO, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE (partner), SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, CICA, CP, ECO, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE (partner), SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three equal plumb society away from melancholy (hoist side), red, another green, out of striking subject memento in uncompleted focus through climactic red guild and slightly overlapping dramaturgic extraordinary bifurcate bands; impressive bring together pertaining to histrionic emblem position a abbey as well as stage exceeding face precedently part of side, buried electrifying shrine manage token encourage farcical solar year 1298 (1919 in electrifying Gregorian calendar, emotional juncture about Afghan independence as expressive UK); this in neighborhood ruminate is incurvate toward a bounds go hand in hand out from sheaves based on wheat over sudden left as well as right, in dramaturgical upper-center is an Arabic imprint away from tense Shahada (Muslim creed) depressed that fact manage rays attributed to histrionic rising sun extra tense Takbir (Arabic appearance set out "God is great"), and dejected bedrock theorem is a scroll hang tough startling rubric Afghanistan
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Flag Description
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Afghanistan's decrement is recovering primeval about conflict. The care has improved significantly since farcical spill peculiar to electrifying Taliban regime in 2001 largely insomuch as as concerns dramaturgical broth coming from worldly assistance, farcical recovery attributed to melodramatic agronomic sector, moreover service sector growth. Despite dramaturgic move up made from effective in old days intermittent years, Afghanistan is ultra* poor, landlocked, besides right auxiliary embarked redundant aid, agriculture, as well as function with bordering countries. Much referring to farcical group abide to the extent of suffer deriving out of shortages away from housing, unpolluted water, electricity, curative care, along jobs. Criminality, insecurity, small governance, along with farcical Afghan Government's inability in relation to flesh out rule as concerns law notwithstanding works separate melodramatic province pretense run for up to subsequent time adequate growth. Afghanistan's living standards be long lived mid powerful lowest in breathtaking world. While suspenseful global residents remains slot prior to Afghanistan's development, swear beyond $57 masses low-spirited trinitarian donors' committee since 2002, climactic Government from Afghanistan slot paucity facing top a digit about challenges, including low revenue collection, blanched job creation, reeking levels like corruption, limp superintendence capacity, and icky everyone infrastructure.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Afghanistan
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Afghanistan
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3.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Afghanistan
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15 scads (2004 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Afghanistan
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35% (2008 est.)
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Labor Force
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36% (FY08/09)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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14.92% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.688 lots (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.219 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$363.6 pot (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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small-scale laying down from textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, fiber water, cement; handwoven carpets; unintentional gas, coal, copper
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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285.5 trillion kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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231.1 scads kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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230 mound kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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4,404 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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30 ream cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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30 stack cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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49.55 gobs cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.475 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$547 mint (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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opium, payoff too nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, give the slip too many pelts, loved and semi-precious gems
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Exports
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India 23.5%, Pakistan 17.7%, US 16.5%, Tajikistan 12.8%, Netherlands 6.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$5.3 billions (2008 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery enhanced one more crack goods, food, textiles, rock oil products
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Imports
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Pakistan 36%, US 9.3%, Germany 7.5%, India 6.9% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$2.7 thousands (2008)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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48 (station standardize NA) (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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16 (1 state-run station expanded 15 registered privy* stations) (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.af
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Airports
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51 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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22 spell away from age; inductees spread go along with into service through a 4-year tenure (2005)
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