islamic republic of afghanistan

AN INTRODUCTION TO AFGHANISTAN

DECEMBER10TH, 2015.RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM, GERMANY

Ahsanullah mohsen Ruhr University Bochum


CONTENTS HistoryGeographyPoliticEconomicFamous PersonalitiesCulture & CustomFamous Places


HISTORY

• ARYANA STARTING 1ST TO 5TH CENTURY,• LATER KHORASAN AND FINALLY TO AFGHANISTAN UNTIL

NOW. • KANDAHAR WAS THE CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN, AND

THEN HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO KABUL.• BUDDHISM WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR RELIGIONS IN

AFGHANISTAN DURING PRE-ISLAMIC ERA.


BAMIYAN,BUDDHA STATUE


GEOGRAPHY

• AFGHANISTAN IS CALLED AS THE HEART OF ASIA• 34 PROVINCES,• AFGHANISTAN HAS 7 NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, (CHINA, PAKISTAN, IRAN, TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN &

TURKMENISTAN) • POPULATION 31,822,848 (JULY 2014 EST.)• MOUNTAINS


• PAMIR MOUNTAINS ARE AMONG THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS,

• SINCE VICTORIAN TIMES, THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS THE "ROOF OF THE WORLD”


POLITICS• EX-PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI

• MOHAMMAD ASHRAF GHANI, PRESIDENT

• ABULLAH ABDULLAH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE


ECONOMY• ONE OF THE MINERAL-RICH COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD,• HOLDS $3 TRILLION IN UNTAPPED MINERAL DEPOSITS.• HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2002 DUE TO THE

INFUSION OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE .

• THE RECENT IMPROVEMENT IS ALSO DUE TO DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND THE END OF A FOUR-YEAR DROUGHT IN MOST OF THE COUNTRY.


CURRENCY NOTES


PERSONALITIES

Ahmad Shah Masud, national hero

Ahmad Shah Baba, regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan


Rohullah Nikpa, Taekwando Fighter

Abdul Ahad Momand is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan to journey to outer space.


Hamid Rahimi, Boxer

Mohammad Nabi Esakhil, 7th place in Top ten cricket players in the world


CUSTOM & CULTURE

•LANGUAGE•CLOTHING•FOOD•SPORT•MUSIC


DRY FRUITS


MAJORITY PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN LIKE TO DRINK DRINK (GREEN OR BLACK) TEA WITH DRY

FRUIT


(SAFFRON)


SPORT•BESIDE OTHER SPORTS SUCH AS FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, CRICKET, BOXING, TAEKWONDO, BODY BUILDING, AFGHANISTAN HAS MOST FAMOUS SPORT NAMED BUZKASHI.


MUSIC HISTORY• IN THE 1860S AMIR SHER ALI KHAN INVITED CLASSICALLY

TRAINED MUSICIANS FROM NORTHERN INDIA TO WORK AT HIS COURT IN KABUL. THIS CLASSICAL MUSIC CAME FROM INDIA WITH THE INDIAN CLASSICAL PLAYERS WHO HAVE LEARNED MUSIC THERE.

• AFGHAN MUSIC IS COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FORMS. RELIGIOUS, GHAZAL, CLASSIC, FOLKLORE, TAJIK, PASHTO MUSIC, POP AND LOTS OF OTHERS.BASICALLY AFGHAN MUSIC IS A MIX, BUT AFGHANS DID MAKE A NEW IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT CALLED: RUBAB.


AFGHANI RUBAB (HAND MADE)


THE FATHER OF MUSIC USTAD SARAHANG


The biggest Mosque in AFG


BAND-E-AMIR, BAMYAN


BAND-E-QARGHA


GARDENS OF BABUR


BADAKHSHAN


BLUE MASJID


OLD KABUL


NEW KABUL


Kabul


CLOTHING• THE COUNTRY'S TRADITIONAL MALE & FEMALE CLOTHING USUALLY INCLUDES A SALWAR KAMEEZ (DRESS), LUNGEE (TURBAN), KARAKUL, PAKOL, TOPI, KUFI (HATS), AND A CHAPAN (COAT),• TRADITIONAL AFGHAN CLOTHES VARY BY REGIONS AND SOMETIMES ETHNICITY, AS WELL AS TRIBES.


Eid party Germany 2015


MES College Goa, India 2012


FOOD• AS AFGHAN PEOPLE ARE KNOWN MOST

HOSPITABLE IN THE WORLD THEY ARE VERY FAMOUS IN THEIR FOODS TOO.


ONE OF THE MOST DELICIOUS AND FAMOUS AFGHANI FOOD IS SPECIAL

QUBULI UZBEKI


AFGHANI BREAD (NAAN)


FRESH & DRY FRUITSAS YOU ALL KNOW THAT AFGHANISTAN’S FRUITS (DRY & FRESH) ARE FAMOUS OVER ALL THE WORLD AND MOSTLY EXPORTED TO

NEIGHBORING, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COUNTRIES


FAMOUS POMEGRANATE (ANAR)


Famous Places & Tourist


PROUD TO BE AN AFGHAN

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