Basic facts about Afghanistan
| Country name: | Afghanistan |
| Capital: | Kabul |
| Country code: | 194 |
| Continent: | South Asia |
| Currency name: | Afghan afghani |
| Independence: | 1919-08-19 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: | from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs |
| Total area (km2): | 652,230 |
| Land area (km2): | 652,230 |
| Water area (km2): | 0 |
| Population: | 31,108,077 |
| Population note: | 31,108,077 (July 2013 est.) |
| Official language: | Dari (Afghan Persian) & Pashto |
| All languages: | Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca note: the Turkic languages |
| Time zone: | UTC+04:30 |
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| Drive on: | right |
| Calling code: | +93 |
| Domain: | .af |