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Afghanistan
Country in Central and South Asia
For other uses, see Afghanistan (disambiguation).
"Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" redirects here. For the group, see Taliban. For the state that existed from 1996 to 2001, see Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001).
Afghanistan,[e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,[f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south,[g]Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million.[d]
Human habitation in Afghanistan dates to the Middle Paleolithic era. Popularly referred to as the graveyard of empires,[37] the land has witnessed numerous military campaigns, including those by the Persians, Alexander the Great, the Maurya Empire, Arab Muslims, the Mongols, the British, the Soviet
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Fecha extent fin: 27/09/1996
Relevancia: 19474
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Fecha de inicio: 27/09/1996
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Unapologetically Afghan American
This United States of America feels like a house and not a home. I live here, but I do not feel like I belong—it does not pull at my heart strings. I came to this country as a refugee. While I feel blessed to be here and acknowledge all the privilege I carry, calling this place my home doesn’t come easy.
As an Afghan American, I have always had to straddle two worlds. My forty years on this planet have been shadowed by endless wars, violence, and chaos in Afghanistan, the country of my birth. This still-unfolding violence, including twenty years of failed war and occupation by the US, coupled with post-September 11 anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments and policies, leaves me feeling like I’m hanging on the edge, alone.
We have been present in the US in large numbers for more than forty years, but we are assumed to have arrived only recently. Our histories, our stories, have largely been ignored or told by people who are not Afghans. We have operated outside of the mainstream, trying to make this place our own and assert and maintain our sense of identity in what feels like an increasingly anti-immigrant country.
The latest exodus of Afghan refugees began in August 2021 when, after a long, brutal war