Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province. With a location at the intersection of major trade routes, Afghanistan has attracted a succession of invaders since the sixth century BCE.
Geography of Afghanistan
Snow-covered Koh-i-Baba mountains in Bamyan Province
Snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan
Snow-covered mountains in Paktia Province
Environmental issues in Afghanistan
Environmental issues in Afghanistan are monitored by the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). They predate the political turmoil of the past few decades. Forests have been depleted by centuries of grazing and farming, practices which have only increased with modern population growth.
Qalat, Zabul Province in 2010
U.S. Army soldiers observing illegal timber smuggling in 2009, which has been commonly done through the Narang Valley of Kunar Province into neighboring Pakistan.
U.S. marines outside the Citadel of Alexander the Great near the city of Farah in 2004.
Snow leopard
