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The Geography of Afghanistan 1 An excerpt from The United States in Afghanistan Name:______250 mi 250 km 0 0 Afghanistan
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Afghanistan and its Neighbors
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KAZAKHSTAN ARMENIA Aral Sea AZERBAIJAN Lake Balkhash
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Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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INDIA IRAN Sukkur
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AFGHANISTAN Pashtun 42% ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUPS Tajik 27% Hazara 9% Pashtun Pamiri Baloch Uzbek 8% Other 14% Tajik Kyrgyz Baloch/Sindhi Vadodara PAKISTAN Hazara Turkmen Sindhi Punjabi 44% Pashtun Surat 15% Uzbek Nuristani Punjabi Sindhi 14% Baloch 4% Aimak Mixed/Other Other 23%
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