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__Afghanistan__
 * __Black__ is the time period of the three Anglo-Afghan wars between 1839-1919 in which Afghanistan fought three brutal wars with the British. Afghanistan was never a colony of the British or any other country but Britain had control of the Afghan foreign affairs, until August 19,1919.

__Red__ is blood and war, the struggle for freedom and also represents poverty, hardship.

__Green__ means Peace and symbolizes the colour of Islam. ** **1. Is this country located in the Eastern or western hemisphere? Eastern hemisphere** **Asia** Amru Darya 7. What products are imports? Include three products and pictures of each.**
 * Answer the following questions and include the following information on your Wiki. **
 * __ Questions: __**
 * 2. On what continent is this country located? **
 * 3. ** ** What is the population of this country? **
 * 33,609,937**
 * 4. **** What is the name of the capital city? **
 * Kabul**
 * 5. **** Does this country have any mountains? If so, name them. **
 * Hindu Kush Mountains**
 * 6. List up to three bodies of water in this country.




 * 8.What products are exports? Include three products and pictures of each. **

** 9 . What is the official language ? Afghan Persian or Dari 50% Pashto 35% ** **10. What is the official religion? Sunri Muslim 80%** Their issues today that Afghanistan face is the foregin troops that are in the country and the Taliban orders aid agencies to leave swat.** The three things that I want to see during my life time at Afghanistan is the schools and the outside stores and the cities.
 * Shia Muslim 19%**
 * Other 1%**
 * 11. What are two current issues of this country?
 * 12. Choose three places or things that you would to visit in person during your life time. Then state the following on your Wiki “Three places/things that I would like to see in (name your country) is . Include pictures.

The place that I want to see during my life time is France, Washington DC, and Flordia.** 1. 2002**- **in June the Loya Jira or and council elects U.S-backed Hamid Karzai as it emir leader. 2. 2004-the Loya Jira adopts a new constitution following input from nearly 500,000 Afghans. 3. 2005-the nation holds its first parliamentary elections. 4. 2006-Amid Continuing fighting between Taliban and at Quid.** 1. Loya Jira elected in June 20, 2002 and it ended in August 5, 2003. 2. Hamid Karzai became the 1st democratically in December 2004. ** ** 15. **** How is this country different than the United States? ** **A 4-5 sentence response needed. Aghanistan is different than the United States is that they speak more different languages than the United States. Also they have different Tradistions than we do and there clothing. The most thing that is different is their religions in Afghanistan. They let their animals roam free around the cities and used them for carrying goods. In Afghanistan is different when they get married the groom rides a white horse and wears flowers than the United States. ** include component="comments" page="mariadisalvo" limit="10"
 * 13. List four important dates from the country’s history.
 * 14. **   **List three current leaders of the country and the date of their elections.