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Afghanistan is located approximately in the center of Asia. Afghanistan is a crossroads between the East and the West, and has been an ancient point of trade and migration. It has an important geostrategical location, connecting South and Central Asia and Middle East.

The country has many natural resources, that’s why there’s still a war there. The natural resources are  gold, silver, copper, zinc and iron ore in southeastern areas; precious and semi-precious stones such as lapis, emerald and azure in the north-east; and potentially significant petroleum and natural gas reserves in the north. The country also has uranium, coal, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, and salt.

The most common languages spoken in Afghanistan are Persian and Pashto. Both are Indo-European languages from the Iranian languages sub-family.

Afghanistan has a complex history that has survived either in its current cultures or in the form of various languages and monuments. However, many of the country’s historic monuments have been damaged in recent wars.

The two famous statues of Buddha in the Bamyan Province were destroyed by the Taliban, who regarded them as idolatrous. Other famous sites include the cities of Kandahar, Heart, Ghazni and Balkh.