Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan ranks 71st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jamaica, Thailand, and Venezuela. Memorable people born in present day Afghanistan include Rumi, Al-Farabi, and Mahmud of Ghazni. Memorable people who died in Afghanistan include Zoroaster, Al-Biruni, and Darius III. Afghanistan has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36 and 50 million. Read more on Wikipedia