Facts about Afghanistan
Having read two afghan novels by the same author--Khaled Hosseini, I've been taking lots of interest about this country. Here are something i understand about this country:
1. It locates in Central Asia
2. It's been having war since '70s. (invasion from Russia, civil war, then war with the US)
3. There are several ethnic groups. The majority is the Pashtun. The unlucky one is the Hazara, a decent from mongolis and who has been looked down by the other groups esp. the powerful Pashtun.
4. When the country fell into the hand of taliban, many strict rules limiting women's freedom was imposed. Some of them were: women could not go to work to earn living even their husbands had passed away, women must not show faces in public, must not go out without accompany my male relatives...,etc.
5. The hazara was cruelly treated.
6. Afghan people are very good at trading.
7. The 2000 year-old Buddha statue in Bamyan was blown into pieces by the taliban gunmen.
8. It used to be and now still is a beautiful place with scenic natural views. I hope that violence in Afghanistan will be ceased soon...
P.S More to be added...
2 Fantastic Response/s:
Oops, u reminded me of the time when I was in year 1 :) hehehe back then I was having lots of fun doing this kinda stuff research with my friends! to write abt some countries! and i wrote abt Tajikistan!
where has this kind of work all gone? Wish we have one. I would choose Afghanistan or Iraq. Both of them are famous country.
Anyway,just check the world atlas. Sound funny. All countries sorrounding Tajikistan except China have name end in TAN like Ubzbekistan, Afghanistan. And most of those in the middle east as well. From the two novels I've read: TAN means LAND.
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