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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a central and south Asian country. Afghanistan is a landlocked country. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan and Pashto and Dari are official languages of Afghanistan. It is a mountainous country but north and southwest regions have plains. The peaks and mountains receive snowfall, which when melts in spring, rivers, rapids, lakes and waterfalls are formed but still major parts of Afghanistan are dry.
The major cities and large towns in Afghanistan are Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, LashkarGah, Taloqan, Khost, Ghazni and Sheberghan. Major ethnic groups of Afghanistan’s multiethnic society are Pashtun and Tajik, besides Hazara, Uzebk, Aimaq, Trukmen, Baloch, Pashayi, Nuristani, Arab, Brahui, Pamiri, and Gurjar too live here in significant numbers. The official currency of Afghanistan is Afghani (AFN). Afghanistan fruits are flooding the markets. Get yourself insured by the Best Travel Insurance for Asia for Asia at Thomas Cook.