Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.
Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from notional British control in 1919. A brief experiment in increased democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist countercoup. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 to support the tottering Afghan communist regime, touching off a long and destructive war. Internationally supported anti-communist mujahidin rebels forced the USSR to withdraw in 1989.
Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain
34 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.
| Name | Type | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Badakhshan | Province | AF-BDS |
| Takhar | Province | AF-TAK |
| Kunduz | Province | AF-KDZ |
| Balkh | Province | AF-BAL |
| Jawzjan | Province | AF-JOW |
| Faryab | Province | AF-FYB |
| Badghis | Province | AF-BDG |
| Hirat | Province | AF-HER |
| Nimroz | Province | AF-NIM |
| Farah | Province | AF-FRA |
| Kunar | Province | AF-KNR |
| Nuristan | Province | AF-NUR |
| Nangarhar | Province | AF-NAN |
| Khost | Province | AF-KHO |
| Paktya | Province | AF-PKA |
| Paktika | Province | AF-PIA |
| Zabul | Province | AF-ZAB |
| Kandahar | Province | AF-KAN |
| Hilmand | Province | AF-HEL |
| Uruzgan | Province | AF-URU |
| Ghazni | Province | AF-GHA |
| Parwan | Province | AF-PAR |
| Kabul | Province | AF-KAB |
| Laghman | Province | AF-LAG |
| Logar | Province | AF-LOG |
| Kapisa | Province | AF-KAP |
| Wardak | Province | AF-WAR |
| Bamyan | Province | AF-BAM |
| Parwan | Province | AF-PAR |
| Sari Pul | Province | AF-SAR |
| Ghor | Province | AF-GHO |
| Baghlan | Province | AF-BGL |
| Samangan | Province | AF-SAM |
| Uruzgan | Province | AF-URU |
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