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Afghanistan


 

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The world considers the War in Afghanistan to be a local war, but in fact there are more countries involved ~ Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Baluchistan, however knowledge of the latter is limited, which is a mistake. Baluchistan gained independence from Great Britain in 1947, based upon Treaties from the 19th Century, but was then annexed in 1948 by Pakistan.   To understand the Afghanistan situation one must also fully understand the factor of the Pashtun people and of Baluchistan ~ Baluchistan Insurgency and the complex situation in the region between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and national aspirations of the whole region. Provinces of Pakistan   Provinces of Afghanistan   Iran   Maps of the Region    NATO

The War in Afghanistan, in the minds of the Islamic World and the Pashtun, is actually a religious War and a War for Independence and without understanding that fact the War in Afghanistan taking place today can never be fully understood:

Wahhabi Sect              Taliban              Al-Qaeda              The Pashtun People


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Afghanistan UNITED NATIONS
  
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     Afghan Intelligence Services KHAD
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NATIONAL STATISTICS  -  ASIA MAP
   GDP
 $ 340     Population 28.396 million (July 2009 est.)
  
Living In Poverty  23%
   Population 2050 (projected)  67,200,000 
  + 134%
   648,000 sq. km.   33 per sq. km.
   Literacy:  male:  47.2%, female 15 % 
   Life Expectancy:  male 42.27 yrs. female: 42.66 yrs.
   Environmental & Ecological Factors
  
Trafficking in Human Beings Report
  
Afghanistan does not fully comply with the minimum
   standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.

  
Human Rights Report
  
Age of Consent - No Legal Definition
   United Nations International Migration Profile
  
Adults 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - N/A
  
National Intelligence Quotient - 83
  
Corruption Index
  
Armed Forces  

  
World Bank Report   International Monetary Fund
   USAID Grants taken 1962-2004 - $ 5,168.1 m
illion
  
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   Freedom House Report

 
Afghan Daily News
   Afghan News Network

   Afghan Islamic Press

  
Chambers of Commerce
  
Wikipedia Overview
   Current Conflicts


   TODAY'S NEWS IN AFGHANISTAN

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   Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
   Nation Founded 1919

 

 


 
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  Pakistan    UNITED NATIONS
  
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NATIONAL STATISTICS - ASIA MAP
   GDP $ 2,500 Population
176,242,949 (July 2009 est.)
  
Living In Poverty  35%
   Population 2050 (projected) 348,600,000
  + 134%
   803,943 sq. km.    177 per sq. km.

   Literacy:  male 59.8%, female 30.6%
   Life Expectancy:  male 61.3 yrs. female 63.14 yrs.

  
Environmental & Ecological Factors

  
Trafficking in Human Beings Report
  
Pakistan does not fully comply with the minimum
   standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.

  
Human Rights Report

  
Age of Consent - No Legal Definition
   United Nations International Migration Profile
  
Adults 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - 0.1%
  
National Intelligence Quotient - 81
  
Corruption Index
  
Armed Forces  

  
World Bank Report  
International Monetary Fund

  
USAID Grants taken 1962-2003 - $ 8,261.7 million
   News Sources
     World Health Organization

  
Freedom House Report   World Trade Organization
   Business Recorder
   Pakistan Today
  
The Daily Nation
  
Pakistan Stock Exchange
   Chambers of Commerce
   Wikipedia Overview
   Current Conflicts  
Kashmir  Baluchistan

 
   TODAY'S NEWS IN PAKISTAN
 

       
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  Islamic Republic of Pakistan
   Nation Founded 1947



 


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