Afghanistan: Country Report

Just a little about Afghanistan:

- Location: Southern Asia

- Population: 29,928,987

- Language: 50% Afghan/Dari, 35% Pashtu, 11% Turkish, 4% Minor languages

- Religion: 80% Sunni Muslim, 19% Shi'a Muslim, 1% other

- Ethnic Groups: 42% Pashtun, 27% Tajik, 9% Hazara, 9% Uzbek, 4% Aimak, 3% Turkmen, 2% Baloch, 4% other

- Literacy: 36% (51% male, 21% female)

- Climate/Terrain: Arid/semiarid; Mountains

The information is from The World Factbook