Afghanistan

Geographically, Afghanistan is

• Waterlogged in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

• Landlocked in the heart of south-central Asia

• Nestled in the deep jungles of Borneo

• Barren in a frozen Arctic tundra

Afghanistan is located along important trade routes (The Silk Road), connecting

• North America and Asia

• Appomattox and Lynchburg

• North and South Africa

• Southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East

Invading armies have had a very tough time dealing with Afghanistan's

• forbidding landscape of deserts and mountains

• lack of Sheetz gas stations

• highway traffic and congestion

• pleasant climate

US military forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 following

• the 9/11 terrorists attacks on the US

• an earthquake in Asia

• the Yom Kippur War

• The OPEC Oil embargo9-11 attacks of 1972

Afghanistan has failed to coalesce as a stable nation - instead, they have

• peace and harmony

• A rigid monarchy with loyal subjects

• a military machine trying to dominate the world

• contentious ethnic factions, armed thugs and militant alliances

After years of instability and conflict many Afghans are now

• refugees (on the move in search of peace/stability)

• filthy rich

• happy and fulfilled

• converted to Christianity

3/4 of the people in Afghanistan are considered

• urban (they live in the city vs the country)

• extraterrestrial aliens (life forms form another planet)

• rural (they live in the country vs the city)

• economically advantaged (educated and prosperous)

The main religion in Afghanistan is

• Christian

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Shintuism

The drug Heroin comes from this flower which is a main cash crop export from Afghanistan

• Poppy

• Sunflower

• Gardenia

• Poppy

  Sunflower

  Sunflower

  Gardenia

Low life expectancy in Afghanistan (51 men, 54 women) is due in part to

• lack of floride in thier water

• poor treatment of men

• lack of medical inftrastructure

• the aroura borealis