Historians have found early human settlement. One of the first areas to have farming. This area was a crossroad between Mesopotamia and other civilizations. Aryan tribes invade and settle. The city of Kabul was created in this period. Rig Veda created here. It was a collection of over 1,000 hymns, which contain the mythology of the Hindu gods and the origins of Hinduism.

2. Contents
History
Geography
Politic
Economic
Famous Personalities
Culture & Custom
Famous Places

3. History
Early Afghanistan was known as Aryana
starting 1st to 5th Century,
later on became as Khurasan which finally
changed to Afghanistan,
Afghanistan’s capital was Kandahar, then the
capital of Afghanistan changed to Kabul,
Buddhism was one of the major religions in
Afghanistan during pre-Islamic era.

4. Bamiyan the History of Buddha in
Afghanistan

5. Geography
Afghanistan is located in Hearth/North of Asia,
Afghanistan has 34 provinces,
Afghanistan has 7 Neighboring Countries,
(India, China, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan)
Afghanistan has more than 31.9 Million
population,
Afghanistan is a Mountain country,
The Second big Mountain of the World is
located in Afghanistan.

7. Pamir Mountain is the Second Big Mountain of The
World

9. Politic
The politics of Afghanistan consists of the council of
ministers, provincial governors and the national
assembly, with a president serving as the head of
state and commander-in-chief of the Afghan Armed
Forces
The nation is currently led by the Karzai
administration
In the last decade the politics of Afghanistan have
been influenced by NATO countries, particularly
the United States, in an effort to stabilise
and democratise the country.
In 2004, the nation's new constitution was adopted
and an executive president was elected.
The following year a general election to
choose parliamentarians took place.

10. Cont…
The current president was declared the first ever
democratically elected head of state in
Afghanistan in 2004,
The National Assembly is Afghanistan's
national legislature.
It is a bicameral body, composed of the House of
the People and the House of Elders.
Together, this new system is to provide a new set
of checks and balances that was unheard of in
the country.

12. Relation with neighboring
countries
Afghanistan has good relations with its neighboring
countries…

13. Economic
Afghanistan is one of the mineral-rich countries of
the world,
It is believed that among other things without
Uraniam the country holds $3 trillion in
untapped mineral deposits.
The economy of Afghanistan has improved
significantly since 2002 due to the infusion of
billions of dollars in international assistance and
investments, as well as remittances from Afghan
expats,
The recent improvement is also due to dramatic
improvements in agricultural production and the
end of a four-year drought in most of the country.

14. GDP Date Figures UNIT
GDP 2013-12-31 38.1 USD BILLION
GDP ANNUAL
2013-12-31 11.8 PERCENT
GROWTH RATE
GDP PER
CAPITA
2012-12-31 1,300 USD
GDP PER
CAPITA PPP
2012-12-31 1458.76 USD
Exports 2013-12-31 4.3 USD BILLION
Imports 2013-12-31 7.39 USD MILLION

15. Afghan Currency

16. Personalities
Ahmad Shah Massoud, The National Hero of
Afghanistan.

17. Cont…
Rohullah Nikpa, Taekwando Fighter

18. Cont…
Abdul Ahad Momand is a former Afghan Air Force
aviator who became the first Afghan and 4th
Muslim to journey to outer space.

19. Cont…
Hamid Rahimi, Boxer.

20. Custom & Culture
Language
Clothing
Food
Sport
Music

21. Language
Farsi/Pashto the official languages of
Afghanistan.

22. Clothing
The country's traditional male & female
clothing usually includes a salwar
kameez (dress), lungee (turban),
karakul, pakol, topi, kufi (hats), and a
chapan (coat),
Traditional Afghan clothes vary by
regions and sometimes ethnicity, as well
as tribes.

27. Food
As Afghan people are known most hospitable in
the world they are very famous in their foods
too.

28. One of the most delicious and famous Afghani
food is Special Qubuli Uzbeki

30. Afghani Bread (Naan)

31. Fresh & Dry Fruits
As you all know that Afghanistan’s fruits (Dry & Fresh) are famous over all
the world and mostly exported to neighboring, European and American
countries

32. Famous Pomegranate (Anar)

34. Dry Fruits

35. Majority people of Afghanistan like to drink
drink (green or black) tea with dry fruit

36. (Saffron)

37. Sport
Beside other sports such as Football, Volleyball,
Cricket, Boxing, Taekwondo, Body building,
Kabadhi, Afghanistan has most famous sport
named Buzkashi.

39. Music
History
In the 1860s Amir Sher Ali Khan invited
classically trained musicians from northern
India to work at his court in Kabul. This
classical music came from India with the
Indian classical players who have learnd
music there.
Afghan music is complicated and there are
lots of forms. Religious, Ghazal, Classic,
Folklore, Tajik, Pashto music, pop and lots of
others.
Basicly Afghan music is a mix, but Afghans
did make a new important instrument called:

40. Afghani Rubab (Hand Made)

42. The father of Music Ustad Sarahang

43. Famous Places & Tourist

44. The biggest Masque in AFG

45. Panjshir

46. Panjshir

47. Band-e-Amir, Bamyan

48. Band-e-Amir, Bamyan

49. Band-e-Qargha

50. Gardens of Babur

51. Badakhshan

52. Blue Masjid

53. Old Kabul

54. New Kabul

55. Kabul

56. Proud To Be an Afghan

57. Any
Questions Or Queries
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