Kabul is one of those cities that people often search for as a quick fact, but the useful answer goes a step further. Yes, it is the capital of Afghanistan, but it is also the country’s best-known urban center, a mountain-valley city, and a place where geography and history meet very directly.That matters because a […]
Afghanistan (endonyms: افغانستان in Dari Persian; افغانستان in Pashto) is a landlocked, mountainous country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Its 251,830 square miles (652,230 square kilometers) encompass the Hindu Kush range, arid plateaus, and fertile river valleys that have channeled trade for millennia. Today, Afghanistan remains strategically important—bordering Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, […]
