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Bamiyan themed postage stamp (1951) issued by Postes Afghanes (Afghan Post) Afghan Post is the national mail and courier organization of Afghanistan with its headquarters in Kabul. [1] [2] It has offices in all 34 provinces and 420 or so districts of Afghanistan. [3] Most homes in Afghanistan, particularly in older neighborhoods and in the ...
Bamiyan themed postage stamp (1951) issued by Postes Afghanes (Afghan Post) During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan period from 2004 to 2021, the postal service as Afghan Post managed to recreate a network of post offices and services although this sped up after 2017 as Ahmad Wahid Wais became the new company director. Until then the core ...
The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million. [a] Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside. [2]
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The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, [a] later known as the Republic of Afghanistan, [b] was the Afghan state between 1978 and 1992. It was bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, by Iran to the west, by the Soviet Union to the north, and by China to the northeast.
The 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan was the supreme law of the Kingdom of Afghanistan from 1964 to 1973. It was annulled following a coup d'état , [ 1 ] though parts of the constitution were restored by future governments from 2002 to 2004 and from 2021 to 2022.
When Afghanistan was ruled by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901) and his son Habibullah Khan (1901–1919), a great deal of commerce was controlled by the government. These monarchs were eager to develop the stature of government and the country's military capability, and so attempted to raise money by the imposition of state monopolies on the sale of commodities and high taxes.
The post-coup Soviet government then attempted to develop political relations with the Afghan resistance. In mid-November it invited a delegation of the resistance's Afghanistan Interim Government (AIG) to Moscow where the Soviets agreed that a transitional government should prepare Afghanistan for national elections.