Question: What country did the 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash happen in?

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Pashtany Bank: Pashtany Bank is the firm controlled by the Afghan government that controls the Central Bank of Afghanistan, the Afghan national insurance company and Ariana Afghan Airlines.  It was established in 1954 to manage the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank of Afghanistan.

Ariana Afghan Airlines destinations: This is a list of cities Ariana Afghan Airlines flies to.  The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name.  Additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's hub and stations that have been terminated as well as future routes (as of August 2014):

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines: Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was an airline from Afghanistan, which offered domestic flights.  The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Alwatana, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines.  In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company.  In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged.

Kabul: Kabul (Pashto/Dari: کابل‎ ‎ , "Kâbol", ] ; ) is the capital of Afghanistan as well as its largest city, located in the eastern section of the country.  According to latest estimates, the population of the city is about 4.6 million, which includes all the major ethnic groups.  Rapid urbanization had made Kabul the world's 64th largest city and the fifth fastest-growing city in the world.

Balkh Airlines: Balkh Airlines was a short-lived airline headquartered in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.  From 1996 to 1997, it operated passenger flights out Mazari Sharif Airport using a single Boeing 727-100, competing with Ariana Afghan Airlines.

Ariana Afghan Airlines: Ariana Afghan Airlines Co. Ltd. (Persian: هواپیمایی آریانا‎ ‎ , Pashto: آريانا افغان هوايي شرکت‎ ), also known as "Ariana", is the largest airline of Afghanistan and serves as the country's national carrier.  Founded in 1955, Ariana is the oldest airline of Afghanistan.  The company has its main base at Kabul International Airport, from where it operates domestically, and also provides international connections that link Afghanistan with China, Germany, India, Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkey.  The carrier is headquartered in Shāre Naw, Kabul, and it is wholly owned by the Afghan government.  Ariana Afghan Airlines has been on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union since  2006 (2006-) .

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202: Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202, a Douglas DC-4, registration YA-BAG, was an international scheduled flight from Lebanon, bound for Afghanistan with scheduled stops in Mehrabad Airport, Iran, and Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan.  On November 21, 1959, two minutes after takeoff on runway 18, the aircraft crashed into the side of a hill at hills of Aramoun near Beirut.  A small cabin fire erupted shortly after the crash, killing 24 of the 27 passengers on board.  The 3 surviving passengers were taken to a hospital in Beirut.  Two of them later died at the hospital.

1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash: The 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash was a flight operated by an Ariana Boeing 727-200.  The flight crashed on approach into Kabul killing all 45 aboard.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1388: United Nations Security Council resolution 1388, adopted unanimously on 15 January 2002, after recalling resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) on the situation in Afghanistan, the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, lifted sanctions against Ariana Afghan Airlines as the airline was no longer controlled by or on behalf of the Taliban.

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701: Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 was the flight involved in a fatal air accident on 5 January 1969, when a Boeing 727 with 62 people on board crashed into a house on its approach to London Gatwick Airport in heavy fog.  Due to pilot error the flaps were not extended to maintain flight at final approach speed.

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Answer: Afghanistan