ࡱ > O Q N U@ bjbj ? 8 : V % ~ f " +% -% -% -% -% -% -% $ ' R ) X Q% @ & @ Q% R f% | | | +% | +% | , | " h 7$ r F<? D p c# % |% 0 % s# 2* p 2* 7$ 2* 7$ | & Q% Q% D $ X Country Profile Afghanistan Land Area: 652,000 sq km Population: Estimated at around 27 million Capital city: Kabul (population approximately 2.2 million Ethnic groups: The main ones are Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen; minor ones are include Baluch, Nuristani, Brahui, Qizilbash Religion: 99% Muslim (approx 80% Sunni, 20% Shiite) Languages: Dari (Persian) and Pashto are the official languages; there are more than 30 other languages, of which only Uzbek, Turkmani, Arabic, and Baluchi have written forms. Literacy: UN estimates less than 10% overall, and probably no more than 2% for women Life expectancy: 40 years (UNDP) Infant mortality: 165 per 1000 live births (UNICEF 2002) Under-5 mortality rate: 256 per 1000 live births (UNICEF 2002) Maternal mortality: 1600 per 100,000 live births (UNICEF 2002) External debt: Estimated at $5 billion in 1900, the bulk of it owed to the Soviet Union. No debt has been serviced since 1992. Access to safe water: 23 per cent of population (World Bank 2003) Adequate sanitation: 12 per cent of population Electricity: 6 per cent of population Location: Afghanistan is located in South Asia, to the north west of Pakistan and shares a border with Iran. For a map of its location please click on this map of HYPERLINK "http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965292998" Afghanistan. Source: Afghanistan, Chris Johnson, Oxfam Country Profile, 2002 ! " # - = H i v * 3 ` k g x C R ʲʘweYeYeYeYeYwYwYwYwYwYwYw h1 CJ OJ QJ aJ "h1 h1 5CJ OJ QJ \aJ h1 5CJ OJ QJ \aJ "h1 hl 5CJ OJ QJ \aJ "h1 h1 5CJ OJ QJ \aJ h~f OJ QJ .j hS CJ OJ QJ UaJ mH nH sH u h OJ QJ h l 5CJ OJ QJ aJ h1 5CJ OJ QJ aJ hS j hS UmH nH sH u" " # < = h i ) * _ ` f g B gd1 gdF gd $a$gd1 $a$gdS B C 6 7 ] ^ gd1 R 7 D ^ h ɽɽwk\kMEA h=% j h=% Uh0\ h0\ CJ OJ QJ aJ h0\ 6CJ OJ QJ ]aJ h0\ CJ OJ QJ aJ hv h1 CJ OJ QJ aJ h( h( 0J CJ OJ QJ aJ +j h( h=% CJ OJ QJ UaJ j h( CJ OJ QJ UaJ h( CJ OJ QJ aJ hv hv CJ OJ QJ aJ hv 5CJ OJ QJ aJ h1 5CJ OJ QJ \aJ h1 CJ OJ QJ aJ h0\ h0\ CJ OJ QJ aJ h l j h l UmH nH sH u h=% j h=% U gd1 . A!"#$% n GyIm*PNG IHDR . ) sRGB pHYs ~ |IDATx^e]p@C;}n/uq欮NILF#'HD 'ܥ[7=Oy"$@"'tح8#?HD Hڂ@בFءCǞu4:@"$͌@F;EGt>jqfCf#Ǟ$@";U>#c$@"дgiz5mS6-"9D HV{>[NaÆaO_%@"$T}&c.QwE?}4lD-HD eI{;kQ-kg/cB$@"дt<(cL. B6G<2~o2x@ӢOD9`at5^ϱҽw#Q߾囷3:/G$@!С{~7fz_raQ$M`7HfA=[ϱjIsDC