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Parent topics
- Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan [e]
Subtopics
- Badghis Province [r]: A sparsely populated and less developed province of Afghanistan, strategically important because it provides access to the other Northern provinces [e]
- Balkh Province [r]: The most developed province of northern Afghanistan, whose capital is Mazar-e-Sharif; it has the key route into Uzbekistan [e]
- Daykundi Province [r]: An especially isolated and insecure province of central Afghanistan, with a Hazara majority [e]
- Farah Province [r]: A province on Afghanistan's western border with Iran, with relatively weak security forces but an upsurge in Taliban activity; airstrikes used to break fights have caused civilian casualties [e]
- Ghazni Province [r]: An eastern Afghan Province; capital city is named "Ghazni" too. [e]
- Helmand Province [r]: A province of southern Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan; largest land area of any province but relatively small population [e]
- Herat Province [r]: A province of western Afghanistan, on the border with Iran [e]
- Khost Province [r]: A province of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area [e]
- Paktika Province [r]: A province of eastern Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan [e]
- Parwan Province [r]: A relatively peaceful province of Afghanistan, north of Kabul, and containing the key all-season route from the capital to the northern part of the country [e]
- Uruzgan Province [r]: A province of south-central Afghanistan, with major security problems and little development; a major opium growing area; Dutch and Australian forces help provide security [e]
- Afghan Security Forces [r]: Military, police and intelligence forces under the command of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, as well as cooperating traditional local units [e]
- Provincial Reconstruction Team [r]: A civil-military organization, with a longer-term focus than traditional military civil affairs, intended to rebuild infrastructure, local governance and security, and encourage economic development within a broad counterinsurgency strategy [e]
- Bagram Airport [r]: A large airport, near Kabul, Afghanistan, with extensive military facilities. [e]
- Gardez [r]: The capital of Paktia Province of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan; the Afghan National Army's 203rd corps headquarters [e]
- International Security Assistance Force [r]: United Nations authorized, North Atlantic Treaty Organization-commanded military and security force in Afghanistan, in both a combat and training role [e]
- Jalalabad [r]: The capital of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. [e]
- Kabul [r]: Capital of Afghanistan. [e]
- Kunduz [r]: Capital city of Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan [e]
- Mazar-e-Sharif [r]: Afghanistan's second-largest city, in its north [e]
