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nouna mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south
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- hua an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
- hum an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
- mak a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
- taliban a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government
- afghan of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
- afghan an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
- afghan a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
- pathan an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
- pathan a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
- kabul the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan