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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
National name: Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan
Head of State: Mullah Mohammad Omar (1996)
Area: 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 25,824,882 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.49%); birth rate: 41.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 140.6/1000; density per sq. mi.: 103
Capital: Kabul
Largest cities (1993 est.): Kabul, 1,424,400; Kandahar, 225,500; Herat, 177,300; Mazare-Sharif, 131,000
Monetary unit: Afghani
Languages: Pushtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor languages
Ethnicity/race: Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Religion: Islam (Sunni, 84%; Shi'ite, 15%; other 1%)
Literacy rate: 29%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $20.0 billion; $800 per capita. Real growth rate: n.a. Inflation: 240% (1996 est.). Arable land: 12%. Products: wheat, fruit, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton. Labor force: 7.1 million; agriculture and animal husbandry, 67.8%; industry, 10.2%; construction, 6.3%; commerce, 5%; services and other, 10.7%. Unemployment: 8% (1995 est.). Industry: textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement, handwoven carpets, natural gas, oil, coal, copper. Agriculture: wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton. Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semi-precious stones. Exports: $80 million (1996 est.): fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems. Imports: $150 million (1996 est.): food and petroleum products, most consumer goods. Major trading partners: F.S.U., Pakistan, Iran, Japan, Singapore, India, U.K., Belgium, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia, South Korea, Germany.
