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Afghanistan i/æfˈɡænᵻstæn/ (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. It has a population of approximately 32 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far northeast. Its territory covers 652,000 km2 (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st largest country in the world.
Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, and the country's strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Through the ages the land has been home to various peoples and witnessed numerous military campaigns; notably by Alexander the Great, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, British, Soviet Russians, and in the modern-era by Western powers. The land also served as the source from which the Kushans, Hephthalites, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Khiljis, Mughals, Hotaks, Durranis, and others have risen to form major empires.
The War in Afghanistan (or the American war in Afghanistan) is the period in which the United States invaded Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks. Supported initially by close allies, they were later joined by NATO beginning in 2003. It followed the Afghan Civil War's 1996–2001 phase. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. Key allies, including the United Kingdom, supported the U.S. from the start to the end of the phase. This phase of the War is the longest war in United States history.
In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda; bin Laden had already been wanted by the United Nations since 1999. The Taliban declined to extradite him unless given what they deemed convincing evidence of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks and declined demands to extradite other terrorism suspects apart from bin Laden. The request was dismissed by the U.S. as a delaying tactic, and on 7 October 2001 it launched Operation Enduring Freedom with the United Kingdom. The two were later joined by other forces, including the Northern Alliance. In December 2001, the United Nations Security Council established the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), to assist the Afghan interim authorities with securing Kabul. At the Bonn Conference in December 2001, Hamid Karzai was selected to head the Afghan Interim Administration, which after a 2002 loya jirga in Kabul became the Afghan Transitional Administration. In the popular elections of 2004, Karzai was elected president of the country, now named the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Afghanis-tan (あふがにすタン, Afuganisu-tan, see note on name below) or Afghanistan is a Japanese yonkoma manga, originally published as a webcomic, by Timaking (ちまきing). It is also the name of the heroine of the manga. The manga is nicknamed Afgan (あふがん, Afugan)
Afghanis-tan illustrates the modern history of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, starting from the imperialist era in the 19th century, through moe anthropomorphism. The title character, a short and clumsy bishōjo, is a national personification of Afghanistan. Other female characters personify the nearby nations of Central Asia, such as Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Nations that have fought wars in Afghanistan at various times, such as Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States also make appearances. The Taliban government and Al-Qaeda terrorist group are also represented in the comic.
Each yonkoma strip is accompanied by an "Afghan Memo" that explains in prose some of the background and history of the nations depicted. Additional pages give short biographies of the characters.
The history of Afghanistan explained by Epimetheus Support new videos like this on Patreon! :) for a 1$+ a month https://www.patreon.com/Epimetheus1776 Subscribe to my second channel I will be adding content to soon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0U9KMgFS2vcj1KiaCn6Irg Follow me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/epimetheus_history/ Topics covered: History of Afghanistan, Afghanistan, history, Afghanistan documentary, Kushan Empire, Sassanid Empire, ancient Afghanistan, history of Afghanistan explained, history of Afghanistan summarized, alexander Afghanistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, bacteria, Khwarazm, Mongol empire, ilkhanate, Timurid empire, Safavid, Mughal, Afghan, Pashtun, hotak, Nader Shah, Afsharid, Durrani empire, Afghan empire, Ahmed Shah Durrani, Afghanistan India, Bud...
How they’ve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a minority of urban residents. But the vast majority of Afghans lived in rural areas. Here, authority came from tribal and ethnic groups, and life revolved around conservative practices of Islam. Rural Afghans formed militias called mujahideen and drove out the Soviets. But then they fell into a civil war with each other. Out of this chaos emerged a group of Islamic teachers and students called the Taliban. They swept through the country, destroying mujahideen groups and imposing a stric...
Countryballs - History of Afghanistan Afghanistan is a land of perpetual war and colonial endeavours in the region. So why did this happen? That's what we'll explore in our video. Afghan modern history begins with the fact that as a result of the Afghan-British War, a protectorate was established there, and the Afghan Emir was completely subordinate to the British Crown. But in the 1920s a coup took place and Afghanistan gained complete freedom from other countries. Many different nationalities lived in the country and as a result Afghans became a minority. The difference in religion caused the start of a civil war that lasted until recently. The state of Afghanistan became divided between the Afghan Democratic Republic and the Taliban, who were supported by the United States. As a result ...
On Sunday 15th August 2021, after an almost 20 year-long absence, the Taliban recaptured the Afghan capital city of Kabul. As the US-led coalition withdrew, the Taliban regrouped and began expanding outward once again. Facing little opposition from the Afghan National Army that had been trained and equipped by western forces, they only grew bolder and began an almost Blitzkrieg-style campaign to retake villages, towns, cities and then entire provinces until they were once again in near-total control of a land that has seemingly only known bloodshed for the better part of fifty years. The story of the Taliban is the story of Afghanistan in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Cloaked in Islamic ideology that even many of the most prominent Muslim countries have largely moved on from, Af...
See the history of the Afghan state from the Hotaki Dynasty to the modern war-torn republic. ➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/emperortigerstar Special thanks to this video for helping me with front lines of the Afghanistan War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozFXm2BZtWI
#Countries #Shorts #Maps #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Asia #FunFacts #Geography #geopolitics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is about the the things or facts you might not know about Afghanistan so Did you know Afghanistan has the oldest oil paintings in the entire world and Afghanistan has the Tallest Minaret in the entire continent of Asia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is also inspired by real life lore channel links: Spaghetti Road:https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaghettiRoad KhAnubis:https://www.youtube.com/c/KhAnubis Real life lore:https://www.youtube.com/c/RealLifeLore Thetruesize:https://thetruesize.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Street Food Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/StreetFoodBites Afghanistan is known for war. But there was a time when that wasn’t the case. The first 8 decades of the 20th century saw it being a relatively peaceful state that was making steady progress towards modernising. Under the watchful eye of its monarchy, Afghanistan was developing its infrastructure and working towards becoming an active member of the international community. The political modernisation of the country gained significant momentum during the long reign of King Zahir Shah from the 1930s to the 1970s. In its desire to bring the country up to speed with the 20th century, the royal family’s modernisation efforts had a number of unintended consequences that would see Afghanistan become embroiled in Cold War politics and...
A brief look at the ancient origins, history, and myths of the region of modern day Afghanistan. The region is extremely complex and with a very eventful history so this is very generalized. It also doesn't necessarily reflect the origins of all ethnic groups in modern Afghanistan, but primarily the Pashtuns, Tajiks and other Iranian peoples in the region. A few images were drawn from www.eupedia.com To support the channel and get extra content, discussion, requests, etc. https://www.patreon.com/fortressoflugh Paypal donations greatly appreciated https://paypal.me/FortressofLug?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US
Main source: “A Brief History of Afghanistan” (2010) by Shaista Wahab and Barry Youngerman, Infobase Publishing, New York, NY. #Afghanistan #History
The British Empire gets yeeted. That's it. Plain and simple, but based on history - of course. Video in the CountryBalls format. History: "From the 1920s to 1940s, Afghanistan acted as a buffer state between the British empire in India and the Russian/Soviet empire. Although not governed directly by Britain, as India was, Britain controlled Afghanistan’s foreign policy and paid the government to maintain stability." Then, it got yeeted. Subscribe for more if you want to. New video in a week. By the way, if you are a fellow YouTuber looking for production help - video ideation, video editing, thumbnails, and more - check out Now Creatives. This is the company that owns and built MrSpherical, and they help many famous creators with their production needs. Link! https://www.nowcreativ...
Coordinates: 33°N 65°E / 33°N 65°E / 33; 65
Afghanistan i/æfˈɡænᵻstæn/ (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. It has a population of approximately 32 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far northeast. Its territory covers 652,000 km2 (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st largest country in the world.
Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, and the country's strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Through the ages the land has been home to various peoples and witnessed numerous military campaigns; notably by Alexander the Great, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, British, Soviet Russians, and in the modern-era by Western powers. The land also served as the source from which the Kushans, Hephthalites, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Khiljis, Mughals, Hotaks, Durranis, and others have risen to form major empires.