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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... . More than twenty others are spoken . Uzbek and Turkoman are the most important minority languages . 8. RELIGION : Islam is the official religion . About 99 percent of the people are Moslems - 80 percent Sunnites , and vi.
... . More than twenty others are spoken . Uzbek and Turkoman are the most important minority languages . 8. RELIGION : Islam is the official religion . About 99 percent of the people are Moslems - 80 percent Sunnites , and vi.
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... Sunnites , and the remainder Shiites . The constitution declares that the king must be a Moslem follower of the Hanafi school , one of the four schools of Islamic law upheld by Sunnites . 9. EDUCATION : Literacy rate estimated at about ...
... Sunnites , and the remainder Shiites . The constitution declares that the king must be a Moslem follower of the Hanafi school , one of the four schools of Islamic law upheld by Sunnites . 9. EDUCATION : Literacy rate estimated at about ...
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... Sunnite branch of Islam , which was soon to dominate the whole country ( see ch . 12 , Religion ) . During the eighth and ninth centuries , partly to obtain better grazing land , ancestors of many of the Turkic - speaking groups now ...
... Sunnite branch of Islam , which was soon to dominate the whole country ( see ch . 12 , Religion ) . During the eighth and ninth centuries , partly to obtain better grazing land , ancestors of many of the Turkic - speaking groups now ...
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... Sunnite ascendancy , and successfully prevented the Shiites of Iran from acquiring a dominant position in Afghanistan and India ( see ch . 12 , Religion ) . Mahmud expelled the last of the Hindu rulers from the Kabul River Valley and ...
... Sunnite ascendancy , and successfully prevented the Shiites of Iran from acquiring a dominant position in Afghanistan and India ( see ch . 12 , Religion ) . Mahmud expelled the last of the Hindu rulers from the Kabul River Valley and ...
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... Sunnite Moslems . Sunnite Islam of the Hanafi rite is the official religion , and the king is required by the 1964 Constitution to be a Moslem and a follower of the Hanafi school . Generalizations about Pashtun culture beyond matters of ...
... Sunnite Moslems . Sunnite Islam of the Hanafi rite is the official religion , and the king is required by the 1964 Constitution to be a Moslem and a follower of the Hanafi school . Generalizations about Pashtun culture beyond matters of ...
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