# Outline of Afghanistan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan:
Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Asia. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of civil war.

## General reference

* Pronunciation:
* Common English country name: Afghanistan
* Official English country name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Common endonym(s):
* Official endonym(s):
* Adjectival(s): Afghan
* Demonym(s): Afghans
* Etymology: Name of Afghanistan
* International rankings of Afghanistan
* ISO country codes: AF, AFG, 004
* ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AF
* Internet country code top-level domain: .af

## Geography of Afghanistan

Geography of Afghanistan
* Afghanistan is: a landlocked country
* Location:
** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
*** Eurasia
**** Asia
***** (Central Asia)
** Greater Middle East
*** Iranian plateau
** Time zone: UTC+04:30
** Extreme points of Afghanistan
*** High: Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft)
*** Low: Amu Darya 258 m (846 ft)
** Land boundaries: 5,529 km
       Pakistan 2,430 km
       Tajikistan 1,206 km
       Iran 936 km
       Turkmenistan 744 km
       Uzbekistan 137 km
       China 76 km
   * Coastline: none
* Population of Afghanistan: 39,864,082 (2021 estimate) – 36th most populous country
* Area of Afghanistan: 652,860 square kilometres (252,070 sq mi) – 40th largest country
* Atlas of Afghanistan

### Environment of Afghanistan

Environment of Afghanistan
* Climate of Afghanistan
* Ecoregions in Afghanistan
* Environmental issues in Afghanistan
* Protected areas of Afghanistan
* Renewable energy in Afghanistan
* Wildlife of Afghanistan
** Fauna of Afghanistan
*** Birds of Afghanistan
*** Mammals of Afghanistan

#### Natural geographic features of Afghanistan

* Mountains of Afghanistan
** Volcanoes in Afghanistan
* Rivers of Afghanistan
* List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan

### Regions of Afghanistan

Regions of Afghanistan

#### Ecoregions of Afghanistan

List of ecoregions in Afghanistan

#### Administrative divisions of Afghanistan

Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
* Provinces of Afghanistan
** Districts of Afghanistan

##### Provinces of Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan
* Badakhshan Province
* Badghis Province
* Baghlan Province
* Balkh Province
* Bamyan Province
* Daykundi Province
* Farah Province
* Faryab Province
* Ghazni Province
* Ghor Province
* Helmand Province
* Herat Province
* Jowzjan Province
* Kabul Province
* Kandahar Province
* Kapisa Province
* Khost Province
* Kunar Province
* Kunduz Province
* Laghman Province
* Lowgar Province
* Nangarhar Province
* Nimruz Province
* Nurestan Province
* Orūzgān Province
* Paktia Province
* Paktika Province
* Panjshir Province
* Parwan Province
* Samangan Province
* Sar-e Pol Province
* Takhar Province
* Wardak Province
* Zabul Province

##### Districts of Afghanistan

Districts of Afghanistan Afghanistan is divided into 398+ districts.

##### Municipalities of Afghanistan

Municipalities of Afghanistan
* Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
* Cities of Afghanistan

### Demography of Afghanistan

Demographics of Afghanistan

## Government and politics of Afghanistan

Politics of Afghanistan
* Taliban
* Military of Afghanistan

### Structure of government

Government of Afghanistan
* Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
* Prime Minister of Afghanistan
* Deputy Leader of Afghanistan
* Chief Justice of Afghanistan
* Leadership Council
* Council of Ministers

## Government and politics of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)

Politics of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
* Form of government: Islamic republic
* Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
* Elections in Afghanistan
** Afghan presidential election, 2009
** Afghan parliamentary election, 2005
** Afghan presidential election, 2004
* Political parties in Afghanistan
* Taxation in Afghanistan

### Branches of government

Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

#### Executive branch of the government of Islamic Republic Afghanistan

* Head of state and head of government: President of Afghanistan
* Afghan Cabinet of Ministers

#### Legislative branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan

* National Assembly of Afghanistan (bicameral)
** Upper house: House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga)
** Lower house: House of the People (Wolesi Jirga)

#### Judicial branch of the government of Islamic Afghanistan

* Afghan Supreme Court (Stara Makama or ستره محكمه)
** Chief Justice of Afghanistan
** High Courts of Afghanistan
*** Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
**** District courts of Afghanistan
***** Local courts of Afghanistan

### Foreign relations of Afghanistan

Foreign relations of Afghanistan
* Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
* Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
* United States-Afghanistan relations
* Foreign hostages in Afghanistan

#### International organization membership

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a member of:

### Law and order in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Law of Afghanistan
* Cannabis in Afghanistan
* Capital punishment in Afghanistan
* Constitution of Afghanistan
* Crime in Afghanistan
* Human rights in Afghanistan
** LGBT rights in Afghanistan
** Freedom of religion in Afghanistan
* Law enforcement in Afghanistan

### Military of Islamic Republic Afghanistan

Afghan Armed Forces (2002-2021)
* Command
** Commander-in-chief:
*** President of Afghanistan
* Afghan National Security Forces
** Afghan Armed Forces
*** Afghan National Army
*** Afghan Air Force
** Afghan National Police
** Afghan Local Police
** Afghan Border Police
** National Directorate of Security

### Local government in Afghanistan

Local government in Afghanistan

## History of Afghanistan

History of Afghanistan
* Timeline of the history of Afghanistan
* Current events of Afghanistan

### By period

* Ancient history of Afghanistan
* Greater Khorasan
* Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
* History of Arabs in Afghanistan
* Mongol invasion of Central Asia
* Hotak dynasty
* Siege of Kandahar
* Durrani Empire
* Third Battle of Panipat
* Battle of Jamrud
* First Anglo-Afghan War
* Second Anglo-Afghan War
* Third Anglo-Afghan War
* European influence in Afghanistan
* Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
* Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah
* Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan
* Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
* Soviet–Afghan War
* History of Afghanistan since 1992
* War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

### By subject

* History of Arabs in Afghanistan
* Military history of Afghanistan

## Culture of Afghanistan

Culture of Afghanistan
* Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
* Architecture of Afghanistan
* Category:Afghan tribes
* Cuisine of Afghanistan
* Gender roles in Afghanistan
* Languages of Afghanistan
* Media in Afghanistan
* National symbols of Afghanistan
** Emblem of Afghanistan
** Flag of Afghanistan
** National anthem of Afghanistan
* People of Afghanistan
** Ethnic minorities in Afghanistan
* Prostitution in Afghanistan
* Public holidays in Afghanistan
* List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan

### Art in Afghanistan

* Art in Afghanistan
** Cinema of Afghanistan
** Music of Afghanistan
** Television in Afghanistan

### People of Afghanistan

* People of Afghanistan
** Pashtun people
** Tājik people
** Farsiwan
** Qizilbash
** Hazara people
** Uzbek people
** Turkmen people
** Baloch people
** Nuristani people
** Arabs
** Persian (Dari)
** Sunni Muslim
** Shi'a Muslim

### Religion in Afghanistan

* Religion in Afghanistan
** Buddhism in Afghanistan
** Christianity in Afghanistan
** Hinduism in Afghanistan
** Islam in Afghanistan
** Judaism in Afghanistan
** Sikhism in Afghanistan

### Sports in Afghanistan

Sports in Afghanistan
* Football in Afghanistan
* Afghanistan at the Olympics
* Cricket in Afghanistan

## Economy and infrastructure of Afghanistan

Economy of Afghanistan
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 119th (one hundred and nineteenth)
* Agriculture in Afghanistan
* Communications in Afghanistan
** Internet in Afghanistan
* Companies of Afghanistan
* Currency of Afghanistan: Afghani
** ISO 4217: AFN
* Energy in Afghanistan
** Energy in Afghanistan
* Health care in Afghanistan
* Mining in Afghanistan
* Taxation in Afghanistan
* Tourism in Afghanistan
* Visa policy of Afghanistan
* Transport in Afghanistan
** Airports in Afghanistan
** Rail transport in Afghanistan

## Education in Afghanistan

Education in Afghanistan

## Health in Afghanistan

Health in Afghanistan