{"id":96835,"date":"2026-04-06T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=96835"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:44:15","slug":"afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Afghanistan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has sent Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief materials to Afghanistan, which is currently facing a difficult situation due to recent floods and earthquakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Afghanistan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>landlocked mountainous country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Southern Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <strong>India<\/strong> (north east),\u00a0 <\/span><b>Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east and south; <\/span><b>Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the west; <\/span><b>Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> Tajikistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north and <\/span><b>China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northeast.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kabul<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Afghanistan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has hot summers and extremely cold winters which are typical in a semiarid steppe climate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hindu-kush-himalayas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hindu Kush<\/a>, Pamir Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northeast and Safed Koh range in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River Amu Darya, Helmand River, Kabul River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mt. Nowshak (7,485 m).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of coal, copper, natural gas, petroleum, gold, lithium, uranium, gold, rare earth elements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-sends-humanitarian-aid-to-afghanistan-amid-floods-earthquakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan  is a landlocked mountainous country in Southern Asia. 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