Afghanistan
The crossroads of the Silk Road
Passport card
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
- Capital
- Kabul
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Afghani
- Languages
- Pashto and Dari
- People
- About 4.3 crore
- Size
- About 6.5 lakh km²
- Leader
- Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada (Taliban)
- Free since
- 19 August 1919
- Time
- 1 hour behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 11 am in Kabul
⭐ Silk Road traders crossed Afghanistan for thousands of years.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Afghanistan
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Afghanistan
Turn the globe with your finger. Afghanistan has 6 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Afghanistan and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 5 times the size of Afghanistan.
- PeopleIndia has about 34 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 4.3 crore in Afghanistan.
- DistanceKabul is about 1,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeAfghanistan is 1 hour behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 11 am in Kabul.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Afghanistan, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Afghanistan
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Afghanistan's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Afghanistan back on the map
Afghanistan and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 7 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Afghanistan worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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