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Afghanistan Geography
Afghanistan History
The Taliban
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Afghanistan Today
100
Afghanistan is about the size of this U.S. state.
What is Texas?
100
These European communists invaded Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989.
What are the Soviets
100
The decade the Taliban gained power in Afghanistan.
What is the 1990's (1996 to be exact)
100
The reason the U.S. invaded Afghanistan
What are the September 11th attacks
100
This natural disaster occurred in Aghanistan (and Pakistan) this last summer, killing over 400 people.
What is a flood.
200
Name 2 of the 5 countries that border Afghanistan.
What are Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
200
These two European countries battled for control of Afghanistan in the period called the "Great Game" during the 19th century.
What are Russia and England
200
In 2001, the U.S. was attacked by this group that was protected by the Taliban.
What is al-Qaeda.
200
The three aims the U.S. government claimed were the reason for the invasion
What are finding Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members to be put on trial, destroying Al-Qaeda, and removing the Taliban regime.
200

These remnants of the Soviet invasion (and war) still haunt Afghanistan today.

What are land mines

300
This Mountain range passes through Afghanistan
What is the Hindu Kush mountain range?
300
The century modern day Afghanistan was founded.
What is the 18th century (1747)
300

Women and girls were prohibited from doing these three things under Taliban rule.

What are working, not being fully covered in traditional Islamic clothing (burqas), and going to school after the age of 8.

300
The estimated number of Afghan civilians that were killed in armed conflict in 2008
What is 2,118 (accepted answer: 2,000)
300
Name one of the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan.
What is Pashto or Dari.
400
This is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan
What is Kabul.
400

Name one of the 5 countries that supported the mujahideen resistance movement against Soviet rule.

What are The U.S., China, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

400
This is the English translation of the Pashto word "Taliban."
What is "students"
400
The name of the U.S. operation launched on October 7, 2001.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom
400
The percentage of Afghanistan that is Muslim.
What is 99%
500
Afghanistan sits on an important geostrategic location that connects these three areas.
What are the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent
500
[--] million Afghans were driven out of Afghanistan to refugee camps in both Pakistan and Iran by 1990.
What is 6.2
500
Many members of the Taliban follow this social and cultural norm strictly.
What is Pashtunwali
500
What the acronym ISAF stands for
What is the International Security Assistance Force
500
Name 3 of the 9 main ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
What are the Pashtun, Tajiks, Hazaras, Farsiwan, Uzbek, Kirghis, Turkmen, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews.