Afghanistan 2009-JAN-01

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2009-JAN-01

AFGHANISTAN (Kabul)	Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF] :	President Hamid Karzai
TALIBAN AFGHANISTAN (Quetta)	Islamic Emirate of AFGHANISTAN-in-Exile [Quetta Shura Taliban Council] :	Emir Mullah Mohammad Omar
ISLAMIC AFGHANISTAN ((Surobi))	Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin : ISLAMIC PARTY OF GULBUDDIN :	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

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	Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
Flag or logo since 2006-01-06*	Da AFĠĀNISTĀN Islāmī Jomhūrīyat : د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت (ps) + Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye AFĠĀNISTĀN : جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان (prs)	Emblem or Symbol*

President Hamid Karzai
(ruler of AFGHANISTAN since 2001-12-22)

SG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (nl)
(ruler of NATO since 2004-01-05)

SG Ban Ki Moon (kr)
(ruler of UNITED NATIONS since 2007-01-01)

President George Walker Bush
(ruler of AMERICA since 2001-01-20)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Kabul (Kabul)
Official & national languages:	*Dari Persian (prs) . Pashtun (ps) .*

Mainland:

AFGHANISTAN

Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN (Kabul)

29 Divisions:

BADAKHSHAN

Province of BADAKHSHAN (Fayzabad)

Local:

Astan BADAKHSHĀN : استان بدخشان (prs) + BADAKHSHAN Wilayat : بدخشان ولایت (ps) + BADAKHSHAN Wilayat : بدخشان ولایت (wbl) + BADAKHSHAN Wilayat : بدخشان ولایت (sgh) + BADAKHSHAN Wilayat : بدخشان ولایت (sgy) + BADAKHSHAN Wilayat : بدخشان ولایت (isk) (Feyzabad)

BADGHIS

Province of BADGHIS (Qalay-i Naw)

Local:

Astan BĀDGHĪS : ولایت بادغیس (prs) + BADGHIS Wilayat : ولایت‎ بادغیس (ps) + BADGIS Welaýaty (tk) + BADG´IS Viloyati : بادﻏﻴﺲ ولايت (uzs) (Qal´eh-ye Now)

BAGHLAN

Province of BAGHLAN (Pul-i Khumri)

Local:

Astan BAGHLĀN : ولایت بغلان (prs) + BAGHLAN Wilayat : بغلان ولایت‎ (ps) + BAG´LON Viloyati : بغلان ولايت (uzs) (Pol-e Khomri)

BAMIAN

Province of BAMIAN (Bamian)

Local:

Astan BĀMIYĀN : ولایت بامیان (prs) + BAMYAN Wilayat : ولایت بامیان (ps) (Bamiyan)

DAYKUNDI

Province of DAYKUNDI (Nili)

Local:

Astan DĀYKONDĪ : ولایت دایکندی (prs) + DAYKUNDI Wilayat : دايکندي ولايت (ps) (Layli)

FARAH

Province of FARAH (Farah)

Local:

Astan FARĀH : ولایت فراه (prs) + FARAH Wilayat : فراه ولايت (ps) + FARAH Viloyati : فراه ولايت (uzs) (Farah)

GHAZNI

Province of GHAZNI (Ghazni)

Local:

GHAZNI Wilayat : غزني ولايت (ps) + Astan GHAZNĪ : ولایت غزنی (prs) (Ghazni)

GHOR

Province of GHOR (Chaghcharan-Firozkoh)

Local:

Astan GHOWR : ولایت غور (prs) + GHUR Wilayat : غور ولايت (ps) (Chaghcharan-Fayroz Koh)

HELMAND

Province of HELMAND (Lashkargah)

Local:

HELMUND Wilayat : هلمند ولايت (ps) + Astan HILLMAND : ولایت هلمند (prs) + HELMAND (bal) (Lashgar Gah)

HERAT

Province of HERAT (Herat)

Local:

Astan HIRĀT : ولایت هرات (prs) + HERAT Wilayat : هرات ولايت (ps) + HIROT Viloyati : هرات ولايت (uzs) (Herat)

KABUL

Province of KABUL (Kabul)

Local:

Astan KĀBOL : ولایت کابل (prs) + KĀBƏL‎ Wilayat : کابل ولايت (ps) (Kabul)

KANDAHAR

Province of KANDAHAR (Kandahar)

Local:

KANDAHAR Wilayat : کندهار ولايت (ps) + Astan QANDAHĀR : ولایت قندهار (prs) + QANDAHĀR : قندہار (bal) (Kandahar)

KAPISA

Province of KAPISA (Mahmud-i-Raqi)

Local:

KAPISA Wilayat : کاپيسا ولايت (ps) + Astan KĀPĪSĀ : ولایت کاپیسا (prs) + KAPISA (glh) (Mahmud-e-Eraqi)

KHOST

Province of KHOST (Khost)

Local:

KHOWST Wilayat : خوست ولايت (ps) + Astan KHOWST : ولایت خوست (prs) (Khowst)

KUNAR

Province of KUNAR (Asadabad)

Local:

KUNAR Wilayat : کونړ ولايت (ps) + Astan KONAR : ولایت کنر (prs) + KUNAR (aee) (Asadabad)

KUNDUZ

Province of KUNDUZ (Konduz)

Local:

Astan QONDŌZ : ولایت کندوز (prs) + QUNDUZ Wilayat : کندوز ولايت (ps) + QUNDUZ Welaýaty (tk) + QUNDUZ Viloyati : كندوز ولايت (uzs) (Qondoz)

LAGHMAN

Province of LAGHMAN (Mihtarlam)

Local:

LAGHMAN Wilayat : لغمان ولايت (ps) + Astan LAGHMĀN : لغمان شریف (prs) + LAGHMAN (psh) (Mehtar-Lam)

LOGAR

Province of LOGAR (Pul-i Alam)

Local:

LOWGAR Wilayat : لوگر ولايت (ps) + Astan LOWGAR : ولایت لوگر (prs) (Pol-e ´Alam)

MAIDAN WARDAK

Province of MAIDAN WARDAK (Maidanshahr)

Local:

MAIDAN WARDAG Wilayat : ميدان وردگ ولايت (ps) + Astan MAYDAN VERDAK : ميدان وردگ (prs) (Meydan-Shahr)

NANGARHAR

Province of NANGARHAR (Jalalabad)

Local:

NANGARHAR Wilayat : ننگرهار ولايت (ps) + Astan NANGERHĀR : ولایت ننگرهار (prs) + NANGARHAR (psi) (Jelalabad)

NIMRUZ

Province of NIMRUZ (Zaranj)

Local:

NIMRUZ Wilayat : نيمروز ولايت (ps) + Astan NĪMRŪZ : ولایت نیمروز (prs) + NIMROZ : نِمروز (bal) (Zaranj)

NURISTAN

Province of NURISTAN (Parun)

Local:

NURISTAN Wilayat : نورستان ولايت (ps) + Astan NŪRESTĀN : ولایت نورستان (prs) + NURISTON (bsh) + NURISTON (prn) + NURISTON (ask) + NURISTON (wbk) (Prasungul)

ORUZGAN

Province of ORUZGAN (Tarin-Kot)

Local:

URUZGAN Wilayat : روزگان ولايت (ps) + Astan ORŪZGĀN : ولایت اروزگان (prs) (Tarin-Kowt)

PAKTIA

Province of PAKTIA (Gardez)

Local:

PAKTYĀ Wilayat : پکتيا ولايت (ps) + Astan PAKTĪYĀ : ولایت پکتیا (prs) (Gardiz)

PAKTIKA

Province of PAKTIKA (Sharan)

Local:

PAKTIKA Wilayat : پکتيکا ولايت (ps) + Astan PAKTĪKĀ : ولایت پکتیکا (prs) (Kharana)

PANJSHIR

Province of PANJSHIR (Bazarak)

Local:

Astan PANJSHER : ولایت پنجشیر (prs) + PANJSHĪR Wilayat : پنجشېر ولايت (ps) (Bazarak)

PARWAN

Province of PARWAN (Charikar)

Local:

Astan PARVĀN : ولایت پروان (prs) + PARWAN Wilayat : پروان ولايت (ps) (Chârikâr)

TAKHAR

Province of TAKHAR (Talugan)

Local:

Astan TAKHĀR : ولایت تخار (prs) + TAKHAR Wilayat : تخار ولايت (ps) + TOXAR Viloyati : تخار ولايت (uzs) (Taloqan)

ZABUL

Province of ZABUL (Kalat)

Local:

ZABUL Wilayat : زابل ولايت (ps) + Astan ZĀBOL : ولایت زابل (prs) (Qalat)

1 Territory:

NORTH WEST AFGHANISTAN

National Islamic Movement of AFGHANISTAN [Autonomous Warlordship of North Zone of Afghanistan] (Mazar-i-Sharif)

Local:

Junbish-e-Milli-yi Islami AFGHANISTAN : جنبش ملی اسلامی افغانستان‎ (prs) (Mazar-e Sharif)

1 Condominium:

ISAF

International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan : ISAF (Isaf Headquarters in Kabul + Bagram + Kandahar)

Local:

International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan : ISAF (en) (Isaf Headquarters in Kabul + Bagram + Kandahar)

Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

EUPOL AFGHANISTAN

European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan : EUPOL AFGHANISTAN (Eupol Kabul)

Local:

European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan : EUPOL AFGHANISTAN (en) + Mission de police de l´Union européenne en Afghanistan : EUPOL AFGHANISTAN (fr) (Eupol Kabul)