مورې

 

تانه قربان شمه خوږې مورې
ماته د سترګو نه نږدې مورې

لوی دې کو خپله غيرتي غېږه کې
غيرت نه ډکې پښتنې مورې

ماته دې يادې کړې پښت خبرې
څومره خوږه ژبه لرې مورې

وايم چې ايښې مې باڼه وای درته
په هغه ځای چې قدم ږدې مورې

چې هره پاڼه د کتاب اړوم
ستا صفتونه دي پکې مورې

زما جنت دا ستا ترپښو لاندې دی
لوی کرامت لرې درندې مورې

 افغان په هيڅکله پرېشانه نشي
چې ستا دوعا وي ورپسې مورې

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHY OF AFGHANISTAN:

 

 Location:

Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran

Geographic coordinates:
33 00 N, 65 00 E

Map references:

Asia

Area:
total: 647,500 sq km
land: 647,500 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative:
Slightly smaller than Texas

Land boundaries:
total: 5,529 km
border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2430 km, Tajikistan 1206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Terrain:
Mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m

Natural resources:
Natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones

Land use:
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 87.65%
(2001)

Irrigated land:
23,860 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:
Damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts

Environment - current issues:
Limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping
signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation (not ratified)

Geography - Note:
Landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

 

 

 

 

     

 

Pashto and Dari (Afghan Persian/Farsi) are the official languages of Afghanistan. Pashto is declared the National Language of the country. According to recent US government estimates, approximately 65 percent of the Afghan population speaks Pashto, and about 24 percent speaks Dari. Turkic languages (Uzbek and Turkmen) are spoken by about 11 percent of the population. There are also numerous other languages spoken in the country (Baluchi, Pashai, Nuristani, etc.), and bilingualism is very common.

Both Pashto and Dari are written primarily with the Arabic alphabet, however, there are some modifications. Pashto literature saw a massive rise in development in the 17th century, mostly due to poets like Khushal Khan Khattak, who is known today as the national poet of Afghanistan. Other noteworthy Pashto poets in history were Rahman Baba, and the founder of the modern Afghan nation, Ahmad Shah Abdali..