Afghanistan: Its People, Its Society, Its Culture |
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Chapter Page 1 The Culture and the Society | 1 |
Historical Setting | 11 |
Geography and Population | 24 |
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Abdur Rahman Afghan Afghan government Afghanistan agricultural Amanullah Amir Amu Darya Arabic Arghandab Asia Baghlan Bank bazaar border British centers central century commodities cotton crops cultivated economic established ethnic groups exports farmers foreign fruits Ghazni Ghilzais Girishk Habibullah Hazaras Helmand river Helmand valley Herat Hindu Kush important India industrial Iran Iranian irrigation Islam Jalalabad Kabul Kabul river karakul Khan labor land language loya jirgeh Mahmud major Maymaneh Mazar-i-Sharif ment metric tons million afghanis Ministry of Planning modern Mongol Moslem mosques mountain Muhammad mullas Nadir Shah nomads official Pakistan percent Persian plant Pol-i-Khumri political population production province Pushtun Pushtun tribes Pushtunistan Qandahar Qunduz Qur'an recent region religious river ruler Russian schools settled social society Soviet Union stan sugar supply Tajiks textile tion towns trade Treaty tribal Turkistan United USSR Uzbeks village Wakhan corridor Western wheat women wool