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From Wikopedia
Afghanistan(
Pashtu/
Dari-Persian: افغانستان, Afğānistān) is a country in
Asia. It is in
Central Asia, fringing upon
South Asia and is sometimes allocated to one of these regions. It is also often considered part of the
Middle East, due to its location on the
Iranian plateau. It is bordered by
Iran in the west,
Pakistan in the south and east,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan in the north, and
China in the easternmost part of the country. A part of the disputed
Kashmir area claimed by
India and Pakistan borders a small portion of the country. It has a population of 29 million people, and is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Between the fall of the
Taliban after the
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the
2003 Loya jirga, Afghanistan was referred to by the West as the
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan. Under its new
constitution the country is now officially named the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Apparently it can be all three?