Afghanistan
landlocked an muntainous kintra in sooth-central Asie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Afghanistan is a landlocked an muntainous kintra in sooth-central Asie.[7] It is bordert bi Pakistan in the sooth an east,[note] Iran in the wast, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan an Tajikistan in the north, an Cheenae in the far northeast. The territories nou comprisin Afghanistan hae been an ancient focal pynt o the Silk Road an human migration. Archaeologists hae foond evidence o human habitation frae as far back as 50,000 BC.[8] Urban civilisation micht hae begun in the aurie as early as 3000 tae 2000 BC.[9]
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The kintra sits at an important geostrategic location whilk connects the Middle East wi Central Asie an the Indian subcontinent,[10] which haes been hame tae various fowks throu the ages.[11] The land haes witnessed mony military conquests syne antiquity, includin bi Alexander the Great, the Mauryans, Muslim Arabs, Genghis Khan, Mughals an ithers.[8][9] It haes an aa served as a soorce frae whilk mony dynasties sic as the Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Hephthalites, Shahis, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Timurids an ithers hae establisht empires o thair awn.[12]
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