Country Profile: Afghanistan

Formal Name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
(Dowlate
EslamiyeAfghanestan).
Short Form: Afghanistan.
Term for Citizen(s): Afghan(s).
Capital: Kabul.
Major Cities: Herat (Hirat), Jalalabad, Kandahar (Qandahar), Kondoz (Kunduz), and Mazare
Sharif.
Independence: Afghanistan recognizes its independence day as August 19, the date in 1919
when the country became fully independent of British rule.