Afghanistan

Information about Afghanistan

Region: Asia
Capital: Kabul
Population: 42,240,000
Area (sq km): 647,500
FIPS Country Code: AF
ISO Country Code: AF
GRN Office: GRN Offices in Asia

Map of Afghanistan

Map of Afghanistan

Languages and dialects spoken in Afghanistan

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Found 46 language names

Aimaq [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [aiq]

Amulah [Afghanistan] [psi]

Ashkuni [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [ask]

Baluchi: Afghanistan [bgn]

Dari [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [prs]

Grangali [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [nli]

Hazaragi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [haz]

Ishkashimi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [isk]

Jagalati [Afghanistan] [xvi]

Kamviri [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [xvi]

Kamviri: Kamdeshi [Afghanistan] [xvi]

Kati [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [bsh]

Kati: Eastern [Pakistan, Kpk, Chitral] [bsh]

Malakhel [Afghanistan] [oru]

Munjani [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [mnj]

Naroji [Afghanistan] [gwt]

Narwizi [Nurestan]

Nishei [Afghanistan] [wbk]

Ormori [Afghanistan] [oru]

Parachi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [prc]

Parachi: Shotuli [Afghanistan] [prc]

Paruni [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [prn]

Pashai: Kohistani & Shahi [Afghanistan] [psh]

Pashayi, Northeast: Kordari [Afghanistan] [aee]

Pashayi, Northwest: Wadahu [Afghanistan] [glh]

Pashtu: Kabuli [Afghanistan] [pbt]

Punjabi: Muslim [Afghanistan] [pan]

Qatari [Afghanistan] [bsh]

Ramgali [Afghanistan] [bsh]

Sanglechi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [sgy]

Sauji [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [sdg]

Shamushti [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [sts]

Share [Afghanistan] [psi]

Southern Pashto [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [pbt]

Tajiki Arabic [Afghanistan] [abh]

Tangshiui [Afghanistan] [prs]

Tatar: Afghanistan [crh]

Tirahi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [tra]

Urdu [India, Jammu and Kashmir] - ISO Language [urd]

Uzbek, Southern [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [uzs]

Wakhi [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [wbl]

Waygali [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [wbk]

Yarkandi [Afghanistan] [uig]

Zebaki [Afghanistan] [sgy]

Aimaq [Afghanistan] - ISO Language [aiq]

Urdu [India, Jammu and Kashmir] - ISO Language [urd]

People Groups in Afghanistan

Afshari ▪ Aimaq, Char ▪ Aimaq, Firozkohi ▪ Aimaq, Hazara ▪ Aimaq, Jamshidi ▪ Aimaq, Taimani ▪ Aimaq, Timuri ▪ Americans, U.S. ▪ Ansari ▪ Arab, Tajiki ▪ Arora, Hindu ▪ Baloch, Western ▪ Bania, Muslim ▪ Brahman ▪ Brahui ▪ Changar ▪ Darwazi ▪ Deaf ▪ Garwi, Kohistani ▪ Gawar-Bati Narisati, Arandui ▪ German ▪ Guhjali ▪ Gujar, Muslim ▪ Gypsy, Domari ▪ Hazara ▪ Indus Kohistani, Galo ▪ Ishkashimi ▪ Italian ▪ Jakata ▪ Karakalpak ▪ Kazakh ▪ Khatri, Sikh ▪ Kurd, Sorani ▪ Kyrgyz ▪ Moghal ▪ Mongolian, Peripheral ▪ Munji ▪ Mussali ▪ Nuristani, Ashkuni ▪ Nuristani, Bashgali, Kati ▪ Nuristani, Grangali ▪ Nuristani, Kamviri ▪ Nuristani, Malakhel ▪ Nuristani, Prasuni ▪ Nuristani, Tregami ▪ Nuristani, Urmuri ▪ Nuristani, Waigeli ▪ Pahlavani ▪ Parachi ▪ Parsee ▪ Parya ▪ Pashayi, Northeast ▪ Pashayi, Northwest ▪ Pashayi, Southeast ▪ Pashayi, Southwest ▪ Pashtun, Northern ▪ Pashtun, Southern ▪ Persian ▪ Punjabi ▪ Punjabi, Western ▪ Qizilbash ▪ Romani, Balkan ▪ Russian ▪ Sanglechi ▪ Sau ▪ Shughni ▪ Shumashti ▪ Sindhi ▪ Tajik, Afghan ▪ Tangshuri ▪ Tatar ▪ Tirahi ▪ Turk ▪ Turkmen ▪ Uyghur ▪ Uzbek, Southern ▪ Warduji ▪ Wotapuri-Katarqalai

News about Afghanistan

Chapter 12: Afghanistan: Hunting in the Land of Babur, The Tiger - God guides Marlene and Ann into landlocked Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and the 'Talking Cards' - Enjoy this quote from a friend of the ministry who trekked in Afghanistan in 1978.