3. Heart of Asia
Southern Asia
(Heart Of Asia )
Land Boundaries:
China, Iran, Pakistan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan
4. Background
• Capital: Kabul
• Independent:
August 19 of 1919
from British
• Size: occupies
approximately
647,500 sq km
• Population : 34m
(July 2017) 99%
Muslim
• (34) provinces
5. Afghan Refugees and displacements
• 2 million internally
displacement
• 437,907 people conflict
(2017)
• 2.6 million People seeking
refuge in over 70 countries
during 2017 (Amnesty,
2018)
• My experiences
6. Government
• Executive branch: President: Dr.
Ashraf Ghani Executive Chief:
Dr.Abdullah
• Legislature branch: Afghanistan
National Assembly ( Afghan
Parliament) Is bicameral
• Wolesi Jirga (Lower house)
– 249 members
– 67 women (27%)
• Supreme court
7. Cont…
• Economy :
• 35 % unemployment
(2008)
• 35.8% people live below
poverty (2011)
• GDP per capita: $1,900
(2017)
• (World
FACTBOOK, 2018)
• Society
• Traditional practices
• Marriage
– Dowry
• Gender identity and
Sexual orientation
– Same sex marriage is
prohibited
– Dead penalty
– Stigma and Taboo