Outline of Afghanistan





The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan:

Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central and South 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)
 * (South Asia)
 * Greater Middle East
 * Iranian plateau
 * Time zone: UTC+04:30
 * Extreme points of Afghanistan
 * High: Noshaq 7492 m
 * Low: Amu Darya 258 m
 * 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) – 43rd most populous country
 * Area of Afghanistan: 652860 km2 – 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
 * 1) Badakhshan Province
 * 2) Badghis Province
 * 3) Baghlan Province
 * 4) Balkh Province
 * 5) Bamyan Province
 * 6) Daykundi Province
 * 7) Farah Province
 * 8) Faryab Province
 * 9) Ghazni Province
 * 10) Ghor Province
 * 11) Helmand Province
 * 12) Herat Province
 * 13) Jowzjan Province
 * 14) Kabul Province
 * 15) Kandahar Province
 * 16) Kapisa Province
 * 17) Khost Province
 * 18) Kunar Province
 * 19) Kunduz Province
 * 20) Laghman Province
 * 21) Lowgar Province
 * 22) Nangarhar Province
 * 23) Nimruz Province
 * 24) Nurestan Province
 * 25) Orūzgān Province
 * 26) Paktia Province
 * 27) Paktika Province
 * 28) Panjshir Province
 * 29) Parwan Province
 * 30) Samangan Province
 * 31) Sar-e Pol Province
 * 32) Takhar Province
 * 33) Wardak Province
 * 34) 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:


 * Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 * Colombo Plan (CP)
 * Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
 * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 * Group of 77 (G77)
 * International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
 * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
 * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
 * International Criminal Court (ICCt)
 * International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
 * International Development Association (IDA)
 * International Finance Corporation (IFC)
 * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
 * International Labour Organization (ILO)
 * International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 * International Olympic Committee (IOC)
 * International Organization for Migration (IOM)
 * International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent)
 * International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
 * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)


 * Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
 * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
 * Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
 * Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (partner)
 * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
 * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
 * Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) (guest)
 * South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)
 * South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
 * United Nations (UN)
 * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
 * Universal Postal Union (UPU)
 * World Customs Organization (WCO)
 * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
 * World Health Organization (WHO)
 * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
 * World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 * World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
 * World Trade Organization (WTO)

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

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