Afghanistan

Afghanistan is located in south-central Asia. Afghanistan is a landlocked nation and shares borders with six different countries: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. Because of Afghanistan’s strategic location at an intersection of trade routes, its territory has been fought over many times in the past.

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