Area Handbook for AfghanistanGeneral study of Afghanistan - covers historical aspects, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, the social structure, ethnic groups, languages, family structure, living conditions, education, fine arts, religion, the political system, international relations, mass media, the economic structure, agriculture, industry, labour force, labour relations, trade, public finance, banking, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 405 to 424, map and statistical tables. |
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Abdur Rahman Afghan Afghanistan agricultural Aimaks Amanullah Amu Darya Arab areas Asia Badakhshan Baluchi Bank bazaars border British centers Central century Chahar Aimaks cotton country's courts cultivation cultural Durani east economic established Ethnic Groups export farmers foreign Ghazni Ghilzai Hari Rud Hazarajat Hazaras Helmand Herat Hindu Kush important India industrial Iran Iranian irrigation Islam Jalalabad Jirgah Kabul University Kandahar karakul Khan King Kunduz labor land language leaders lineage Maimana major Mazar-i-Sharif ment miles military Ministry modern Mohammad Mohammad Zahir Shah Moslem mountain mullahs nomads Nuristan official Pakistan Pashto Pashtunistan Pashtuns percent Persian persons political population Prime Minister production programs provinces Pul-i-Khumri region relations religious River rural schools Shah social Soviet Union Sunnite Tajiks teachers tion towns trade traditional tribal tribes Turkic Turkomans United urban usually Uzbeks Valley village women workers Zahir