Afghanistan Project

[clockwork2008]

Im doing a project about Afghanistan for school, i need to know lots of information about the country like what languages and ethnic groups and what type of people they are and stuff like that

does anyone know?

[Tezcatlipoca]

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan



CIA World Factbook:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html

[MovedGoalPosts]

:google: is your friend ;)

Why should we do your homework for you?

[homealone]

:welcome:

Best thing I would recommend is to have a good search using Google, etc - Wikipedia will have info, for example.

Also the CIA database

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html

- just remember that just pasting from websites isn't really 'doing a project' - the point of which is that you do your research & then build up your portfolio using your own interpretation of the data, not someone elses :)

<edit> several people type faster, than me, I see ;)

[clockwork2008]

oh sorry i just dont know too much about the net lol
we just got internet and i saw this website on another website

[Halcyon]

Lot's of information all over the net....

http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/history.htm

http://www.afghan-web.com/history/

http://www.afghansite.com/afghanistan/afghanistan.asp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1569826.stm

[Druchii]

Don't forget to pop down the local library and rent a book or two as well, nothing like good old written info. Tends to be more accurate than Wikipedia for example, but not as upto date.

[multiskilled]

You could join the army. ;)

[Graham M]

You could join the army. ;)

He'd probably be very unlucky and end up in Iraq instead lol

[frogstamper]

He'd probably be very unlucky and end up in Iraq instead lol

Yeah that could happen, but if he played his cards right he could go to both theaters;)

[clockwork2008]

thanks for help everyone
what about music and stuff? does anyone have Afghanistan music?

[Zee]

this is interesting for me, im an Afghan myself, spent most of my life living there...

just post anything you need to know about the country from someone who has seen it first had.

As for music, depends what language music you want it in?

there are many languages in my country, and anyways heres some good ones that i like, they are in Dari.

Zim Zim by Valy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kiHNjojvOEM
Afghan Girl by Valy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f_sobYyuWn0

[JohnHorb]

...also here

http://www.afghanan.net/video/

http://www.afghanan.net/music/

[clockwork2008]

wow i like those songs
thanks

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what language do u speak then Zee

[Zee]

wow i like those songs
thanks

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what language do u speak then Zee

The Afghan languages i can speak are:

Dari, Pashto, Hazara, Uzbek

then i can also speak Farsi & Tajik (their countries, Tajikistan and Iran border ours, plus their language is simular to Dari)

and i can also speak Urdu (Most Afghans know Urdu because a lot of us moved into Pakistan)

here is a map of most dominant languages in Afghanistan, although Urdu is very dominant it isn't spoken as a first language by any Afghan and therefore isn't listed

and Hazara language isn't listed either, it is mixed in with Dari, and is spoken by about 8-10% of the population as a first language.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/03/5.jpg