..........::[Facts About Afghanistan}::........ From 1918 until 1991, Afghanistan was the only country on earth whose name began with A but did not end in A. After the Soviet Union collapsed, it was joined by Azerbaijan. However, Afghanistan still comes first if you arrange the nations of the world in alphabetical order. A traditional sport in northern Afghanistan is Buzkashi, played on horseback rather like polo, but without without ball or polo stick. Instead, the horsemen try to dump a headless calf in the enemy goal. Buzkashi players are allowed to whip or kick the man holding the calf, but off-the-calf fouls are penalised. Afghanistan is four and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Between 80 and 90 per cent of the heroin sold in Europe comes from opium grown in Afghanistan. There are 47 airports (of which 10 have paved runways) and five heliports in Afghanistan. The average woman in Afghanistan gives birth to 5.64 children. There are 10 men over 65 in Afghanistan to every nine women. The minaret of Jam in Afghanistan is the second tallest minaret in the world.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:11:26 +0000
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