Outline of Afghanistan
Country in South Asia
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan:
Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Asia. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of civil war. in a Google Easter Egg, typing "afghanistan" will display the search results to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Flag colors.
General reference

- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Afghanistan
- Official English country name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Afghan
- Demonym(s): Afghans
- Etymology: Name of Afghanistan
- International rankings of Afghanistan
- ISO country codes: AF, AFG, 004
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AF
- Internet country code top-level domain: .af
Geography of Afghanistan

- Afghanistan is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Greater Middle East
- Time zone: UTC+04:30
- Extreme points of Afghanistan
- Land boundaries: 5,529 km
Pakistan 2,430 km
Tajikistan 1,206 km
Iran 936 km
Turkmenistan 744 km
Uzbekistan 137 km
China 76 km
- Coastline: none
- Population of Afghanistan: 39,864,082 (2021 estimate) – 36th most populous country[1]
- Area of Afghanistan: 652,860 square kilometres (252,070 sq mi) – 40th largest country
- Atlas of Afghanistan
Environment of Afghanistan

- Climate of Afghanistan
- Ecoregions in Afghanistan
- Environmental issues in Afghanistan
- Protected areas of Afghanistan
- Renewable energy in Afghanistan
- Wildlife of Afghanistan
Natural geographic features of Afghanistan
Ecoregions of Afghanistan
Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
Regions of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
- Badakhshan Province
- Badghis Province
- Baghlan Province
- Balkh Province
- Bamyan Province
- Daykundi Province
- Farah Province
- Faryab Province
- Ghazni Province
- Ghor Province
- Helmand Province
- Herat Province
- Jowzjan Province
- Kabul Province
- Kandahar Province
- Kapisa Province
- Khost Province
- Kunar Province
- Kunduz Province
- Laghman Province
- Lowgar Province
- Nangarhar Province
- Nimruz Province
- Nurestan Province
- Orūzgān Province
- Paktia Province
- Paktika Province
- Panjshir Province
- Parwan Province
- Samangan Province
- Sar-e Pol Province
- Takhar Province
- Wardak Province
- Zabul Province
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Cities of Afghanistan
Demography of Afghanistan
Government and politics of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021-present)
- Form of government: theocratic emirate with a totalitarian regime, ruled by the Taliban
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Military of Afghanistan
Executive branch of the government of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Head of State: Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada
- Head of Government: Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Hasan Akhund
- Cabinet of Afghanistan
Judicial branch of the government of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
- United States-Afghanistan relations
International organization membership
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a member of:[2]
Law and order in Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Military of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Government and politics of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)
Politics of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Form of government: Islamic republic
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Elections in Afghanistan
- Political parties in Afghanistan
- Taxation in Afghanistan
Branches of government
Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Executive branch of the government of Islamic Republic Afghanistan
Legislative branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan
- National Assembly of Afghanistan (bicameral)
- Upper house: House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga)
- Lower house: House of the People (Wolesi Jirga)
Judicial branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan
- Afghan Supreme Court (Stara Makama or ستره محكمه)
- Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- High Courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Local courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
- United States-Afghanistan relations
- Foreign hostages in Afghanistan
International organization membership
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a member of:[2]
Law and order in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Military of Islamic Republic Afghanistan
History of Afghanistan
- Timeline of the history of Afghanistan
- Current events of Afghanistan
By period
- Ancient history of Afghanistan
- Greater Khorasan
- Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
- History of Arabs in Afghanistan
- Mongol invasion of Central Asia
- Hotak dynasty
- Siege of Kandahar
- Durrani Empire
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Battle of Jamrud
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Third Anglo-Afghan War
- European influence in Afghanistan
- Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
- Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah
- Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Soviet–Afghan War
- History of Afghanistan since 1992
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
By subject
Culture of Afghanistan


- Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
- Architecture of Afghanistan
- Cuisine of Afghanistan
- Languages of Afghanistan
- Media in Afghanistan
- National symbols of Afghanistan
- People of Afghanistan
- Prostitution in Afghanistan
- Public holidays in Afghanistan
- Women in Afghanistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan
Art in Afghanistan
People of Afghanistan
Religion in Afghanistan
Sports in Afghanistan

Economy and infrastructure of Afghanistan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 119th (one hundred and nineteenth)
- Agriculture in Afghanistan
- Communications in Afghanistan
- Companies of Afghanistan
- Currency of Afghanistan: Afghani
- ISO 4217: AFN
- Energy in Afghanistan
- Health care in Afghanistan
- Mining in Afghanistan
- Taxation in Afghanistan
- Tourism in Afghanistan
- Visa policy of Afghanistan
- Transport in Afghanistan