Category: SVG sovereign state flags World map showing the location of Asia. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... Ahmed Shah Massoud (احمد شاه مسعود) (c. ... The Abu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāyeh AbÅ« Sayyāf; ASG), also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various groups have... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. ... Babrak Karmal (January 6, 1929 - December 3, 1996) was the third President of Afghanistan (1979 - 1986) during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Cemetery H culture developed out of the northern part of the Indus Valley Civilization around 1900 BC, in and around the Punjab region. ... The archaeological record in India (encompassing the territory of the modern nations of the Republic of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) shows first traces of Homo sapiens from ca. ... This is a list of articles on the history of contemporary countries, states and dependencies. ... Herāt (Persian: ‎ ) is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herāt. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article refers to the Military HMMWV, not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a military motor vehicle created by AM General. ... For the city in Kyrgyzstan, see Jalal-Abad. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... Languages Kurdish Religions Predominantly Sunni Muslim also some Shia, Yazidism, Yarsan, Judaism, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Iranian peoples (Talysh Baluch Gilak Bakhtiari Persians) The Kurds are an ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts... This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ... This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir. ... // Historical setting Maldives is a nation consisting of 26 natural atolls comprising of 1192 islands. ... Dr. Mohammad Najibullah (Pashto/Persian: ‎ ; born 1947, died September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ... Mazari Sharif, also known as Mazar-i Sharif or Mazār-e SharÄ«f (Persian: ‎ ), is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 300,600 people (2006 official estimate). ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... Mohammed Nadir Shah (born Mohammed Nadir Khan; 1883 - November 8, 1933) was king of Afghanistan from 1929 until his assassination in 1933 (see Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah). ... // The Shah was born into the Persian speaking Pashtun Barakzai dynasty of Afghanistan. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ... The History of Nepal is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two dominant neighbors, India and China. ... 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Television encoding systems by nation PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world. ... This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. ... The recorded History of Sri Lanka is usually taken to begin in the 6th century BCE, when the Indo-Aryan people migrated into the island from India. ... Nickname: Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer... SECAM, also written SÉCAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire, French for sequential color with memory), is an analog color television system first used in France. ... Public execution of a woman by Taliban at Ghazi Sports Stadium, 1999. ... The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is an international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. ... UNFCCC logo. ... A map of UN member states and their dependent territories as recognized by the UN. Regions excluded: Antarctica (regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System), Vatican City (the Holy See is a UN observer), the Palestinian territories (Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a UN observer), and Western Sahara... The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an American act which President Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. ... This is a list of national capitals of the world in alphabetical order. ... Languages Pashto (plus second languages from countries of residence) Religions Islam (predominantly Sunni) Related ethnic groups Neighboring Iranian peoples (Tajiks, Persians, Baloch, Pamiri peoples, Kurds) BurushoHindkowans KalashNuristanis Pashai Pashtuns[9] (also Pathans[10] or ethnic Afghans[11][12]) are an ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in eastern and southern... This article is about the History of South Asia. ... Languages Persian (varieties of Dari and Tajik) Religions Islam (predominantly Sunni) Related ethnic groups Other Iranian peoples TājÄ«k (Persian: ; UniPers: Tâjik; Cyrillic: ) is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking peoples of Iranian origin living east of Iran. ... Bangladesh became one of the youngest major nation states following a pair of twentieth century secessions from India (1947) and Pakistan (1971). ... The Pankisi Gorge is a region of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, near the border with the breakaway Russian province of Chechnya. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ... In the War on Terrorism in Yemen, the U.S. government describes Yemen as an important partner in the global war on terrorism. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... The flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) OIC redirects here. ... Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan[1] (July 18, 1909 – April 28, 1978), son of Sardar Mohammed Aziz Khan and grandson of Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan was an Afghan statesman and President of the Republic of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of a revolution led by... Samarkand (Tajik: Самарқанд, Persian: ‎ , Uzbek: , Russian: ), population 412,300 in 2005, is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Farmer) is a Soviet third-generation, single-seat, jet-engined fighter aircraft. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ... China - India Western border showing Aksai Chin Aksai Chin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Ä€kèsàiqÄ«n, Hindi: अकसाई चिन) is a region located at the junction of the Peoples Republic of China, Pakistan, and India. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. ... This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, using the most recently available official figures. ... Countries by area This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. ... The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ... Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (b. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. ... Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ملا محمد عمر) (born c. ... Bukhara (Tajik: Бухоро; Persian: ‎, Buxârâ; Uzbek: ; Russian: ), from the Soghdian βuxārak (lucky place), is the fifth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat). ... The Bush Doctrine is name given to a set of guidelines first unveiled by United States President George W. Bush in a speech given on June 1, 2002. ... The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ... Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations... The Mughal Empire (Persian: , Urdu: مغلیہ سلطنت, Hindi: मुग़ल साम्राज्य), self-designation GurkānÄ«, گوركانى, alternative spelling Mogul) dates from the early sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. ... The term unlawful combatant (also unlawful enemy combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent) denotes people denied the protection of the Geneva Conventions; those to whom protection is recognised as due are referred to as lawful combatants. ... World distribution of major legal traditions The three major legal systems of the world today consist of civil law, common law and religious law. ... This article is about U.S. actions after September 11, 2001. ... The Indian independence movement incorporated the efforts by Indians to liberate the region from British rule and form the nation-state of India. ... Ancient Lothal as envisaged by the Archaeological Survey of India. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kinmen (Traditional Chinese: 金門; Hanyu Pinyin: JÄ«nmén; Tongyong Pinyin: Jinmén; Wade-Giles: Chin-men; POJ: Kim-mnÌ‚g; also romanized Quemoy from Southern Min (in early Spanish romanization); literally Golden Door or Golden Gate), located at 24. ... Burger King (often abbreviated to BK) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. ... Arunachal Pradesh   (Hindi: Aruṇācal PradeÅ›; Chinese: 藏南 Zangnan or South Tibet) is one of the seven northeastern states of India. ... The Vedic period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the history of India when the sacred Vedic Sanskrit texts such as the Vedas were composed. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. ... The voluntary repatriation of Afghans is governed by a tripartite accord signed in Geneva April 2002 by Iran, Afghanistan and the UNHCR. Under the program, voluntary repartriation centers were established in ten Iranian cities, such as Mashhad, Zahedan, Qom, Isfahan, Kerman, Shiraz, Yazd, Arak, and two in Tehran. ... Dr. Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Pashtu/Persian: ‎ ) (born 22 March 1951) is the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. ... Qari Ahmadullah was the Talibans first interior minister after Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Islamic militias forces in 1996. ... Logo of ISAF. Persian writing: Ú©Ù…Ú© Ùˆ همکاری (Komak va Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is an international military force in Afghanistan led by NATO and consisting of about 32,000 personnel from 37 nations as of October 5, 2006. ... After the Taliban took charge in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1994, Commander Kashmir Khan opposed the Taliban regime and fought several battles with the Taliban. ... Haji Mohammed Zaher is the son of a former vice-president of Afghanistan, Haji Abdul Qadir, who was shot dead in the capital Kabul, in 2002. ... The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ... Haji Bashar was an early supporter of the austere Taliban movement. ... The T-62 Soviet main battle tank is a further development of the T-54/55 series. ... General characteristics Length: 4. ... This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people who trained to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ... On March 27, 2003, Afghan deputy defense minister general Abdul Rashid Dostum created an office for the North Zone of Afghanistan and appointed officials to it, defying interim president Hamid Karzais orders that there be no zones in Afghanistan. ... Mullah Salam, a warlord in Zabul, Afghanistan, had earned the nickname Mullah Rocketi for his love for high-tech weapons when he was leading forces against Soviet troops that invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s. ... The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: MÇŽzÇ”) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fukien Province of the Republic of China (ROC, now based on Taiwan). ... The Pescadores (Traditional Chinese: 澎湖群島; Hanyu Pinyin: Pénghú Qúndăo; Tongyong Pinyin: Pénghú Cyúndăo; Wade-Giles: Peng-Hu Chun-Tao; Taiwanese POJ: Phêⁿ-ô·-kōan, from Portuguese, fishermen, pron. ... Haji Gilani was the first man to give Hamid Karzai shelter in the province of Uruzgan, Afghanistan as he launched his anti-Taliban revolt weeks before the religious militia collapsed under heavy U.S. bombing in late 2001. ... Mullah Badar was a governor of the Afghan province of Badghis during the reign of the Taliban. ... The Seal of the CPA in Iraq The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was established as a transitional government following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and the other members of the multinational coalition which was formed to oust the government of Saddam Hussein in 2003. ... Least Developed Countries (LDCs or Fourth World countries) are countries which according to the United Nations exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world. ... Languages Kazakh (and/or languages in country of residence) Religions Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Kipchak and other Turk peoples, ancient Indo-Iranian tribes, Mongols The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар []; Russian: Казахи; the English name is transliterated from Russian) are a Turk people of the northern parts of Central... Mohammed Qalamuddin served under the Taliban regime as deputy head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Ishaq Shahryar (born 1936) is the Afghan ambassador to the United States. ... A U.S. citizen since 1987, Ali Ahmad Jalali left his job as a broadcaster for VOA in February 2002 to become the Interior Minister of Afghanistan. ... Yusuf Nooristani is the Environment Minister for the Afghan government. ... Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, a U.S. citizen, is governor of the Afghan Central Bank. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Russian: ; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable geometry, swept-wing fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. ... President Celal Bayar, King Zahir and Lord Serwar Nasher inspecting the once world-renown cotton of Kunduz Spinzar factory Kunduz (قندوز) is a city in Afghanistan; the name has also sometimes been rendered as Kûnduz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz. ... ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. ... The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ... Sediq Afghan is a prominent Afghan philosopher known for his outspoken criticism of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, of the secular governments that followed, and of the Taliban regime. ... The Gupta Empire under Chandragupta II (ruled 375-415) The Gupta Empire was one of the largest political and military empires in ancient India. ... Il-10 Ilyushin Il-10 (Rus. ... Two Soviet aircraft have shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18. ... Known as the teacher of teachers, professor Nematullah Shahrani is one of the most prominent Afghan scholars. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Merv – Persian name: مرو; formerly Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana (Greek: Αντιόχεια η Μαργιανή) – in current-day Turkmenistan, was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near todays Mary. ... The Mikoyan MiG-27 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Flogger D) is a ground attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the Bahadur (Valiant). It is based on the MiG-23 fighter aircraft, but optimized... Operation Veritas was the codename used for British military operations against the Taliban government of Afghanistan in 2001. ... Fazel Ahmed Manawi is currently a Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. ... The Kuril Islands with the disputed islands highlighted The Kuril Island conflict is a dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the southernmost Kuril Islands. ... The Islamic State of Afghanistan was the name given to the nation of Afghanistan by the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (so-called Northern Alliance) government. ... During the middle ages, several Islamic regimes established empires in South Asia. ... Middle kingdoms of India refers to the political entities in India from the 6th century BCE through to the Islamic invasions and the related Decline of Buddhism from the 7th century CE. // Kingdoms and Empires The Aryans had invaded India from the Northwest, according to the Aryan Invasion Theory, and... // Company Rule, 1757-1857 Expansion and territory It was not until the middle of the 19th century that almost all of the territory that now constitutes Bangladesh, India and Pakistan came under the rule of the British East India Company. ... The Delhi Sultanate (دلی سلطنت), or Sulthanath-e-Hind (سلطنتِ ہند) / Sulthanath-e-Dilli (سلطنتِ دلی) refers to the various Muslim dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... Hedayat Amin Arsala is a prominent Afghan Politician. ... Syed Ishay Ghalani is chairman of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and the first announced presidential candidate for the Afghan general election expected to be held June 2004. ... Badghis province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Herat is a province of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces it makes up the western region of the country. ... National anthem Unknown Official languages Ossetian, with Russian having and widespread use by government and other institutions Political status De facto independent Capital Tskhinvali Capitals coordinates 42°14′N 43°58′E President Eduard Djabeevich Kokoity Prime Minister Yury Morozov Independence  â€“ Declared  â€“ Recognition From Georgia  1991-11-28  none... This is a list of countries categorized by system of government. ... Much of the following must be recognised as speculation as the United States Government neither officially recognises or denies the existence of Delta Force. ... The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was the name given the nation of Afghanistan by the Taliban during their rule, from 1996 to 2001. ... Today Balkh (Persian: بلخ) is a small town in the Province of Balkh, Afghanistan, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazari Sharif, and some 74 km (46 miles) south of the Amu Darya, the Oxus River of antiquity, of which a tributary formerly flowed past Balkh. ... Afghanistan has only intermittently been a republic - between 1973-1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of kings, emirs and (under the mujahideen and Taliban regimes in the 1990s) Islamist rulers. ... Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani is the Minister for Irrigation, Water Resources and Environment in the Afghan Transitional Administration. ... Matt Lauer with the crew of Flight 63, the Shoebomber flight. ... The Senkaku Islands ) are a group of disputed, uninhabited islands currently administered by Japan, but also claimed by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan). ... Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. ... Afghanistans flag, from 2004 to Present. ... This gallery of sovereign-state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... Zabul, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul. ... Gul Agha Sherzai was the governor of Kandahar province, Afghanistan from December 2001 to August 16, 2003. ... The Bojinka Plot was a planned large-scale terrorist attack on airliners in 1995. ... The Su-25 (NATO reporting name Frogfoot) is a battlefield attack, close air support, and anti-tank aircraft designed by the Soviet Union. ... Riduan Isamuddin (also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, better known by the nom de guerre Hambali, born as Encep Nurjaman, born April 4, 1966) is an Indonesian Islamist militant. ... Ghazni (Persian: غزنی , ÄžaznÄ«) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 149,998 people. ... Magadha was an ancient kingdom of India, mentioned in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. ... Nishapur (or Neyshâbûr; نیشابور in Persian) is a town in the province of Khorasan in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains, near the regional capital of Mashhad. ... The Buffalo six (also known as the Lackawanna 6) is a group of Yemeni-American Al-Qaeda terrorists who were convicted of material support to Al-Qaeda, although as of January 2004 Jaber Elbaneh remains in Yemen custody. ... This is a list of state leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. ... The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name Fencer) was the Soviet Unions most advanced all-weather interdiction and attack aircraft in the 1970s and 1980s. ... The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ... Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani Khadaffy Janjalani (also transliterated as Khadafy Janjalani, Khadafi Janjalani, and Khaddafi Janjalani) (born March 3, 1975 in Isabela City, Basilan province, Republic of the Philippines, is the nominal leader of the Filipino militant group Abu Sayyaf and the leader of one of its factions. ... Combatants United States Saddam Hussein Operation Red Dawn was a military operation conducted by the United States armed forces on December 13, 2003 in the small town of ad-Dawr in Iraq, near Tikrit. ... Famous contemporary Afghani classical musician and composer, born in Kharabat area of Kabul Afghanistan, died 1994 in Germany under unclear circumstances. ... Da Afghanistan Bank (د افغانستان بانک in Pashto) is the central bank of Afghanistan. ... Mashhad (also spelt Mashhad ar-Reza, Persian: , literally the place of martyrdom) is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shiah world. ... Operation Slipper is the Australian Defence Force (ADF)contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism. ... This is a list of legislatures by country, whether parliamentary or congressional, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives with the power to legislate. ... Kunduz is one of the provinces of Afghanistan, centered on the city of Kunduz in Afghanistan, with an area of 7,827 km square, and a population of about 583,000. ... Hezb-e Jomhorikhahan is the Republican Party of Afghanistan. ...  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Maldives  Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal Statistics Area  - Total 7th if ranked 5,130,746 km² Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 1st if ranked 1,467,255,669 285. ... This is a timeline of Indian history. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of awards, decorations, honours, orders and titles belonging to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort to Queen Elizabeth II. Where two dates are listed, the first indicates the date of the attaining of the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss... The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR (A)) is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support to general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. ... Dokdo is a group of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) currently administered by South Korea, but also claimed by Japan (where they are known as Takeshima). ... United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building This is a list of national libraries of the world. ... Ahmad Wali Khan Karzai, younger brother of Hamid Karzai, president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is the representative for southern Afghanistan in Kandahar. ... // Main article: Mughal Empire India in the 16th century presented a fragmented picture of rulers, both Muslim and Hindu, who lacked concern for their subjects and who failed to create a common body of laws or institutions. ... Operation Tsunami was a joint operation in 2003 between 200 Canadian forces and Afghanistan police against drug trafficking in Afghanistan. ... The Riyadh compound bombings took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ... Information on culture by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines (OEF-PI) is part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the U.S. war on terrorism. ... Emblem of Afghanistan The National Emblem of Afghanistan has appeared in some form on the Flag of Afghanistan since the inception of that nation. ... Brisbane in Australia had a trolley bus system from 1951 until 1969 This is a list of cities where trolleybuses operate, or once operated at some time in the past, as part of the public transport system. ... Categories: Afghanistan geography stubs | Provinces of Afghanistan ... Balkh is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Buddhas of Bamyan, which dated back to Pre-Islamic Afghanistan, were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 calling them Un-Islamic. Photo by Hadi Zaheer Bamyan is one of the most beautiful and fertile valleys in Afghanistan. ... Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Afghanistan ... Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Ghowr province (sometimes spelled Ghor) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Helmand (Balochi/Pashto: هلمند) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ... Jowzjan province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kabul is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kandahar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kapisa is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Khost (Persian: خوست) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... This article is about the province in Afghanistan. ... Lowgar (Pashto: لوګر) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nangarhar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nimruz (Persian: نیمروز) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nurestan (also spelled Nuristan or Nooristan) (Persian: نورستان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... OrÅ«zgān (Pashto: ؤروزگان, also spelt Oruzgan or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Paktia (Pashto: پکتيا) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. ... Parvān (Persian: پروان, also spelt Parvan or Parwan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Samangan (Persian: سمنگان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Sar-e Pol (Persian: سر پل) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Takhar (Persian: تخار) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Wardak (Persian: وردک, also spelt Vardak) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Paktika (Persian: پکتیکا) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... This is a list of countries and their main battle tank in their military service. ... . ... For other uses, see Flag carrier (disambiguation). ... Kabul University is located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was founded 1931, opened 1932 and formally established in 1947. ... Abdul Ahad Mohmand (b. ... Kabul International Airport is located 16km (9miles) from Kabul, Afghanistan. ... A Russian L-39 Albatross landing. ... A photograph of Ismail Samani Peak (then known as Peak Communism) taken in 1989. ... The Brahui people or Brohi people (Urdu: بروہی) are an ethnic group of about 2. ... The Ilyushin Il-28 is a jet bomber aircraft that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force and was the USSRs first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. ... The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, killing 191 people and wounding 2,050. ... The Kabul-Kandahar highway links two major Afghan cities, Kabul and Kandahar. ... This is a list of air forces, sorted alphabetically by country, followed by a list of former countries air forces. ... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ... The first known use of the word Punjab is in the book Tarikh-e-Sher Shah (1580), which mentions the construction of a fort by Sher Khan of Punjab. The name is mentioned again in Ain-e-Akbari (part 1), written by Abul Fazal, who also mentions that the territory... The Shinwari are an ethnic tribe in Afghanistan. ... The Avro Anson was a twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces during World War II and afterwards. ... Su-7BKL The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation Fitter) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered fighter-bomber used by the Soviet Union and its allies. ... A representation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which was erected around 250 BC. It is the emblem of India. ... The Living Daylights is the fifteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions. ... Daykundi (Persian: دایکندی, also spelt Daikondi, DāykondÄ« or Daikundi) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... The Ghaznavid Empire (سلسله غزنویان in Persian) was a state in the region of todays Afghanistan that existed from 962 to 1187. ... Shir Ali Khan (1825-1879) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 until his death. ... The Hawker Hind was an Royal Air Force light-bomber of the inter-war years. ... The Asian Cricket Council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore. ... The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents. ... One of the Buddhas of Bamyan as it stood in 1963. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Tillya Tepe (Golden Hill) Bactrian Gold hoard is a collection of about 20,600 gold ornaments that was found in six burial mounds near Shibarghan, in the northern Afghanistan province of Jozjan, and was excavated in 1978 by a team led by the Greek-Russian archaeologist Victor Sariyannidis, a... Panjshir (literally Five Lions in Persian) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... MacClesfield Bank or Zhongsha Islands (Chinese 中沙群島 Pinyin: Zhongsha Qundao, literally Central Sand Islands) is an elongated atoll of underwater reefs and shoals in South China Sea and part of the disputed South China Sea Islands. ... The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious tank which was introduced in early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armies. ... Abdul Rahman was the aviation and tourism minister of Afghanistan until February 14, 2002. ... A list of ministers of the environment or officials in charge of , with those speaking at the and the highlighted, and countries that have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol noted. ... Zaman Shah, (c. ... The Chinese Type 59 Main Battle Tank is a copy of the ubiquitous Russian T-55/54 medium tank. ... Motto: None Anthem: Ey Reqîb (English: Hey Guardian) Capital Arbil Largest city Erbil Official languages Kurdish, Arabic, (Assyrian (Syriac)) and (Iraqi Turkmen) [1] Government Parliamentary Democracy  - President Masoud Barzani  - Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani  - Deputy Prime Minister Omer Fattah Hussain Formation of Autonomous Region    - Autonomy Accord Agreement is Signed... Habibullah Khan (1872 - 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until 1919. ... In the 29 May 2004 Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia, four Islamist terrorists attacked two oil industry installations and a foreign workers housing complex, The Oasis, in the Gulf city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, taking more than 50 hostages and killing 22 of them. ... United Nations General Assembly Resolution 37/37 (1983) stated that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan. ... The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of central banks. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1885?-1953) was a political figure in Afghanistan. ... Sayed Nabi Siddiqui is an Afghan police officer who alleges that in August 2003 he was stripped naked by U.S.-led coalition forces, beaten and photographed at the U.S. base in Gardez. ... Descriptions of what happened vary greatly (listed from the most to least probable) 1. ... The history of South India covers a span of over two thousand years during which the region saw the rise and fall of a number of dynasties and empires. ... The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in USSR (now Ukraine) by the Antonov Design Bureau. ... The name India may refer to either the region of Greater India (the Indian subcontinent), or to the contemporary Republic of India contained therein. ... King Amanullah Khan Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan (June 1, 1892 - April 25, 1960) was the ruler of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929. ... Ghulam Sediq Wardak is a peasant inventor in Afghanistan, credited with 341 inventions, none of which are patented. ... Padshah Dur-i-Durran Mahmud Shah, was the ruler of Afghanistan between 1801 and 1803 and again between 1809 and 1818. ... Sultan Ali Shah was the Shah of Afghanistan from 1818 to 1819. ... Timur Shah (1748 - 18 May 1793), the second son of Ahmed Shah Abdali and the second of the Durrani Dynasty, was the Shah of Afghanistan from 16 October 1772 until his death. ... Ayub Shah, a son of Timur Shah, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. ... A Joint Electoral Management Body employee, right, explains how to fill out an election ballot to an Afghan woman in the village of Raban An election to the office of President of Afghanistan was held on October 9, 2004. ... In 1498, the Portuguese set foot in Goa. ... Most European countries have two principal football (soccer) competitions: a more prestigious league which is typically a double round-robin tournament restricted to the elite clubs, and a cup which is a single-elimination tournament open to both the elite and lesser clubs. ... This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ... It has been suggested that Space firsts be merged into this article or section. ... The Antonov An-12 (NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft. ... Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and abbreviated AFG. 6 athletes from Afghanistan competed in 5 sports in Athens, Greece. ... Romanian Air Force Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24 passenger aircraft, with particular attention made to the potential military use. ... The Antonov An-30 ( NATO Clank), is a development of the An-24 equipped for aerial cartography. ... Antonov An-32P © ANTONOV ASTC The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft. ... The 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, August 21 to August 22. ... Basharmal Sultani is an Afghani Olympic athlete who competed in track and field in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece Categories: Stub ... Nur Muhammad Taraki (July 15, 1913 - September 14, 1979) was an Afghan political figure, amateur poet, and revolutionary. ... PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport (PUMA) is a large German-based multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes and other sportswear. ... Sayyid Jamāl al-DÄ«n al-AfghānÄ« (also called Asadabadi) or fully, Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani as-Sayyid Muhammad Ibn Safdar al-Husayn (1839 – March 9, 1897) was a Muslim political activist. ... The Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name Hip) is a large twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. ... The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name is Hoplite) was a small, lightly armored transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon. ... The Jakarta embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... Ahmad Zahir (Persian: ‎ ) (June 14, 1946 - June 14, 1979), was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. ... Arif Khan was a Taliban warlord in Afghanistan and Pashtun leader from the village of Zakhel. ... Polish decomissioned Su-20 Front view of Su-20 Polish Su-22 Two aircraft share the designation Su-17 The Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name Fitter) was a Soviet attack aircraft developed from the Su-7 fighter-bomber. ... .af is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Afghanistan. ... Military commissions are among procedures planned by the U.S. Bush administration to deal with detainees it links to al-Qaeda. ... The Aero L-29 Delfín (Czech: Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) was a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s. ... An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from a British perspective. ... Extraordinary rendition and irregular rendition are terms used to describe the extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another, and Torture by proxy is used by some critics to describe extraordinary rendition by the United States, with regard to the alleged transfer of suspected terrorists to countries known... Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. ... First International Kazakhstan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 June 1992) Largest win Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November 2003) Worst defeat Kuwait 6 - 1 Turkmenistan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 February 2000) World Cup Appearances none (First in -) Best result - AFC Asian Cup Appearances 1 (First in 2004... This is a gallery of flags arranged by design. ... Deakin (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita. ... The 36th Chess Olympiad took place from October 14th to 31st, 2004, in Calvia (Majorca, Spain). ... Omar Samad is the current Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada. ... Ahmed khan was a ruler of the region of Herat in Afghanistan, that enjoyed independence from 1856 to 1863 Categories: People stubs | Afghan monarchs ... Afghan statesman and senator representing the province of Kunduz in the Afghan Senate until the overthrow of King Zahir. ... The term street football encompasses a number of informal varieties of association football (soccer). ... Mullah Niaz Mohammad was the governor of Kabul Province in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. ... Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan, the main youth organization in Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, linked to the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan. ... Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... Mr Yahya Maroofi (born March 5, 1940) was nominated on February 2, 2002, to be the special adviser to the Afghan president Hamid Karzai, President of the Interim Government of Afghanistan. ... // Participation in the Kyoto Protocol, where dark green indicates countries that have signed and ratified the treaty. ... Celina Jaitley (Punjabi ਸੇਲੀਨਾ ਜੈਤ੍ਲਿ) ( (born 9 June 1981) is an Indian actress. ... Buddha and Bodhisattvas, 11th century, Pala Empire. ... First international Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran (Afghanistan; August 25, 1941) Biggest win Afghanistan 2 - 1 Kyrgyzstan (Kathmandu, Nepal; March 16, 2003) Biggest defeat Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; November 19, 2003) The Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Football Federation... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ... The economy of Asia comprises more than 4 billion people (60% of the world population), living in 46 different states. ... Azim Khan was the Afghan governor of Kashmir during the period 1810-1816. ... Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India. ... Tuva or Tyva (Russian: Республика Тыва [Тува], Respublika Tyva [Tuva]) (pop. ... Badakhshan (Persian: بدخشان Badakhshān) is one of the provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 29 districts. ... Map of the World showing the most popular sports by nation. ... The Afghan Ministry of Defense is an organ of the Government of Afghanistan, overseeing the Afghan National Army. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) is a private and independent news agency headquartered in Pakistan. ... This list of circulating currencies contains the 194 current official or de facto currencies of the 192 United Nations member states, one UN observer state, three partially recognized sovereign states, six unrecognized countries, and 32 dependencies. ... Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, comprising approximately fifty countries. ... This article gives information on election and election results in Afghanistan. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Afghan National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is an initiative by the Afghanistan. ... The following is a list of cities by latitude. ... The Rooster ( é…‰ ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. ... Elections by country gives information on elections. ... Who is a Jew? Jewish ethnic divisions Ashkenazi Jews Sephardi Jews Black Jews Black Hebrew Israelites Y-chromosomal Aaron Jewish population Historical Jewish population comparisons List of religious populations Lists of Jews Crypto-Judaism Etymology of the word Jew Hinduism by country Islam by country Buddhism by country Roman Catholics... The party known as National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan (Persian: ‎, Nahzat-e Hambastagi-ye Melli-ye Afghanistan) is led by Sayyed Ishaq Gailani. ... Khaled Hosseini (b. ... Osama is a 2003 film made in Afghanistan. ... Mullah Mohammad Ghous (born 1961?) was among the leadership of the Taliban which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. ... The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a lightly armoured, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). ... Tangshewi is a language possibly of the Iranian family of languages. ... Brent Bennett is a former U.S. Army paratrooper who was convicted by an Afghan court on September 15, 2004 for participating in torture, kidnapping and running a private jail in Kabul. ... Jamal Naseer was an Afghan man who died on March 16, 2003 while in custody at a U.S. special forces base in Gardez. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ... The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan CNPA is part of the Afghan Ministry of Interior. ...