Afghanistan

CIA- The World Factbook 

Location: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest.
Population: 29,835,392
Government type: Islamic republic
Literacy rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 28.1%

male: 43.1%

female: 12.6%

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.

Religion: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Birth rate: 37.83 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 17.39 deaths/1,000 population
Life Expectancy:
total population: 45.02 years

male: 44.79 years

female: 45.25 years

Ethnic Groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
Legal system: based on mixed civil and sharia law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal.
Unemployment rate: 35%
Population below poverty line : 35%               
Industries: small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
Communications:
Telephones: 129,300 lines.
Mobile phones: 12 million.
Media: state-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 50 private radio stations, 8 TV networks, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available; more than 30 community-based radio stations broadcasting
Internet users: 1 million.
Military: Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Arm
Transnational issues: they have border patrols to prohibit illegal drugs from entering the mainland.