Countries of the World

I like learning about other countries.

I know that right now Afghanistan has no legislature. It was dissolved when the Taliban regained control of the country on 15 August 2021. Back in time, Buddhism was one of the major religious influences in Afghanistan during the pre-Islamic era. It could be a rich country if someone went there to help them to extract the minerals they have in large abundance, like copper, lithium, talc, marble, gold, uranium. Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth is estimated to exceed one trillion dollars.

Good share! Do you know that as per the area still claimed by India and under the Pakistan occupation, there is an area named Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan that borders India. Kandhar was earlier named Gandhar which was a big political power centre during Ancient Indian time. It was culturally same as rest of Northern India and had a special significance in the epic Mahabharata (Check out characters Shakuni and her sister Gandhari). Afganistan had a big influence of Buddhism for a good time as well. Whatever be the religion, Afghani folks are proud people who don't allow Foreign invaders or occupiers to stay much. Britishers could only occupy a part of it and for a few decades only. Afghanistan had its stint with Modern Western style living under Najibullah and a few other kings before him but after Russian withdrawal in 1989, the country has again been in a turmoil. It became a terror epicenter and saw the rise of Al Qaida. Rest is well documented and known about 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden. Recently, the Afghanistan cricket team has performed really well in Cricket World Cup 2023. The Taliban rulers though need to lift restrictions on Women education, movement and take cue from the Islamic republics of UAE and Saudi Arabia and modernize.

Afghanistan sure has a lot of neighbours. That accounts for some of the unrest there, I guess.

It has always been in the news mostly for the wrong reasons. They need to look ahead to have hope for a better future.

Hope you enjoy doing this series. I knew none of this information really. Probably won't know many things about any of the countries, but we shall see.

This will be a fun series for you!!

This is really interesting. I will enjoy reading this series.

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Afghanistan was once a part of India.

I'm not sure of the history of Afghanistan. I do enjoy looking at World Maps and Learning where the Countries are located and learning about the different cities within.

I only knew what little bit I have heard on the news

I heard about this country. Thanks for sharing more information about Afghanistan.

This will be an interesting series. Have a good weekend.