The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a unitary presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim and transitional administrations, whic
The Arg (the presidential palace) in Kabul
US President Donald Trump with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in 2017
The National Assembly of Afghanistan in Kabul. The current site was built in 2015.
Black Hawks of the Afghan Air Force at Kandahar Airfield
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
…The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a unitary presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim (2001–2002) and transitional (2002–2004) administrations, which were formed…
Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.
A "Bactrian gold" Scythian belt depicting Dionysus, from Tillya Tepe in the ancient region of Bactria
Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani, c. 1757
Afghan tribesmen in 1841, painted by British officer James Rattray