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Capital: kabul
Country name
: conventional long form: islamic republic of afghanistan conventional short form: afghanistan local long form: jomhuri-ye eslami-ye afghanestan local short form: afghanestan former: republic of afghanistan
National holiday: independence day. 19 august (1919)
Government type
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islamic republic
Administrative divisions: 34 provinces (velayat. singular - velayat); badakhshan. badghis. baghlan. balkh. bamian. daykondi. farah. faryab. ghazni. ghowr. helmand. herat. jowzjan. kabol. kandahar. kapisa. khowst. konar. kondoz. laghman. lowgar. nangarhar. nimruz. nurestan. oruzgan. paktia. paktika. panjshir. parvan. samangan. sar-e pol. takhar. vardak. and zabol |
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Independence:
19 august 1919 (from uk control over afghan foreign affairs)
Political parties and leaders: note - includes only political parties approved by the ministry of justice: afghan millat [anwarul haq ahadi]; de afghanistan de solay ghorzang gond [shahnawaz tanai]; de afghanistan de solay mili islami gond [shah mahmood polal zai]; harakat-e-islami afghanistan [mohammad asif mohsinee]; hezb-e-aarman-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [iihaj saraj-u-din zafaree]; hezb-e-aazadee afghanistan [abdul malik]; hezb-e-adalat-e-islami afghanistan [mohammad kabeer marzban]; hezb-e-afghanistan-e-wahid [mohammad wasil raheemee]; hezb-e-afghan watan islami gond [leader na]; hezb-e-congra-e-mili afghanistan [latif pedram]; hezb-e-falah-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [mohammad zareef]; hezb-e-libral-e-aazadee khwa-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [ajmal sohail]; hezb-e-hambastagee mili jawanan-e-afghanistan [mohammad jamil karzai]; hezb-e-hamnbatagee-e-afghanistan [abdul khaleq nemat]; hezb-e-harakat-e-mili wahdat-e-afghanistan [mohammad nadir aatash]; hezb-e-harak-e-islami mardum-e-afghanistan [ilhaj said hssain anwary]; hezb-e-ifazat az uqoq-e-bashar wa inkishaf-e-afghanistan [baryalai nasratee]; hezb-e-istiqlal-e-afghanistan [dr. gh. farooq nijzrabee]; hezb-e-jamhoree khwahan [sibghatullah sanjar]; hezb-e-kar wa tawsiha-e-afghanistan [zulfiar omid]; hezb-e-mili afghanistan [abdul rasheed aaryan]; hezb-e-mili wahdat-e-aqwam-e-islami afghanistan [mohammad shah khogyanee]; hezb-e-nuhzhat-e-mili afghanistan [ahmad wali masoud]; hezb-e-paiwand-e-mili afghanistan [said mansoor nadiri]; hezb-e-rastakhaiz-e-islami mardum-e-afghanistan [said zahir]; hezb-e-refah-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [mia gul waseeq]; hezb-e-risalat-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [noor aqa roeen]; hezb-e-sahadat-e-mardum-e-afghanistan [mohammad zubair pairoz]; hezb-e-sahadat-e-mili wa islami afghanistan [mohammad usman saligzada]; hezb-e-sulh-e-mili islami aqwam-e-afghanistan [abdul qahir sharyatee]; hezb-e-sulh wa wahdat-e-mili afghanistan [abdul qadir imamee]; hezb-e-tafahum-e-wa democracy afghanistan [ahamad shaheen]; hezb-e-wahdat-e-islami afghanistan [mohammad karim khalili]; hezb-e-wahdat-e-islami mardum-e-afghanistan [ustad mohammad mohaqqeq]; hezb-e-wahdat-e-mili afghanistan [abdul rasheed jalili]; jamahat-ul-dahwat ilal qurhan-wa-sunat-ul-afghanistan [mawlawee samiullah najeebee]; jombesh-e milli [abdul rashid dostam]; mahaz-e-mili islami afghanistan [said ahmad gailanee]; majmah-e-mili fahaleen-e-sulh-e-afghanistan [shams ul haq noor shams]; nuhzat-e-aazadee wa democracy afghanistan [abdul raqeeb jawid kuhistanee]; nuhzat-e-hambastagee mili afghanistan [peer said ishaq gailanee]; sazman-e-islami afghanistan-e-jawan [siad jawad hussainee]; tahreek wahdat-e-mili [sultan mahmood dhazi] (30 sep 2004)
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
jamiat-e islami (society of islam) [former president burhanuddin rabbani]; ittihad-e islami (islamic union for the liberation of afghanistan). [abdul rasul sayyaf]; there are also small monarchist. communist. and democratic groups
International organization participation
: asdb. cp. eco. fao. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icct. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. miga. nam. oic. opcw. osce (partner). saarc. sacep. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer)
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