29 Amazing Historical Facts about Afghanistan

1.   Capital and largest city of Afghanistan is Kabul.

2.   Currency of Afghanistan is Afghani.

3.  Graveyard of empires is Afghanistan.

4.  Buffer state of Asia is Afghanistan.

5.  Official languages of Afghanistan are Dari and Pashto.

6.  Religion of Afghanistan is Islam.

7.  Afghanistan shares border with six countries China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

8.  The world’s oldest oil paintings are in Afghanistan.

9.  World’s largest producer of opium is Afghanistan.

10.     Afghanistan has had 26 different flags.

11.      Highest Point in Afghanistan is Noshak.

12.     Lowest point in Afghanistan is Amu Darya.

13.     Calling code of Afghanistan is +93.

14.     Time zone of Afghanistan is (UTC+4:30).

15.     Internet country code of Afghanistan is .af.

16.     Helmand is the longest river of Afghanistan.

17.     National holiday of Afghanistan is August 19.

18.     Place of origin of the religion Zoroastrianism is Afghanistan.

19.     Hamid Kazrai became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan in 2004.

20.    In 1776, Timur Shah moved the Afghan capital from Kandahar to Kabul.

21.     After the death of Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1772, his son, Timur Shah succeeded him.

22.     Father of Nation is Ahmad Shah Durrani.

23.     World’s largest two Buddhas were first built in Afghanistan.

24.     There is only one Jewish person, Zablon Simintov, Carpet trader, living in Afghanistan, born in 1959.

25.     Afghanistan became independent on August 19, 1919.

26.     Afghanistan has been in news more than any country in the last decade.

27.     Alexander the Great captured the city of Herat in 330BC and built its ancient citadel. Alexander had a son with a lovely Afghani woman from the Balkh area.

28.     Afghans celebrate the New Year on March 21. They refer to it as "Nawroz". The city of Mazar-e-Sharif hosts hundreds of visitors from all across Afghanistan to commemorate this pre-Islamic celebration.In the centre of the city, there is a mosque known as the Blue Mosque or "the Shrine of Hazrat Ali," the Islamic prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) cousin and son-in-law.

29.     Afghanistan’s national game is “Buzkashi”.