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Geography

• Durand Line [r]: 19th century demarcation of the border between Afghanistan and British India, now defining the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. ^[e]
• Afghanistan [r]: A landlocked Islamic republic in Central Asia which borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. ^[e]
  • Khost Province [r]: An eastern province of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. ^[e]
• Pakistan [r]: Country in southern Asia, established as a Muslim state split from India in 1947, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east, Iran and Afghanistan to the west, and China to the north. ^[e]

Groups

• Durrani [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ghilzai [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Lodhi [r]: A Pashtun tribe, a sub-group of the larger Gilzais of Afghanistan and Pakistan. ^[e]

Politics

• Hamid Karzai [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Taliban [r]: Extremist political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the 1990s and has twice seized power in the country. ^[e]

Culture

• Pashtunwali [r]: The honor code of the Pashtun people, a strong tenet of which is protection of guests ^[e]

Other related topics

• Northern Alliance [r]: A military alliance against the Taliban in Afghanistan's civil war, which, with U.S. assistance, drove it from power in the Afghanistan War (2001-2021) ^[e]
• Tajik [r]: An ethnic group of Central Asia, culturally Persian and speaking the Dari dialect of Farsi; they are the dominant group of Tajikistan and the second largest ethnic group of Afghanistan ^[e]
• Afghan and Pakistani local forces [r]: Add brief definition or description