Language in Afghanistan

Dari, an Afghan dialect of Persian, is the native language of about half the population. Pashto is the native language for about 35%, mainly in the South and East; it is also spoken in Pakistan. About 11% have a Turkic native language, primarily Uzbek and Turkmen, and there are also 30 minor languages such as Balochi. Read More »

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Anari, a dune in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Arun Khel in Velayat-e Khowst
Bakhil Dag, a plain in Wilayat-e Helmand
Bakhil Ghundiyan, a hill in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Bakhtiar Tangai, a gorge in Wilayat-e Paktika
Band-e Pas-e Galay Ghaybiha, a pass in Wilayat-e Ghor
Band-e Sher Baz, a plateau in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Band-e Turshak, a pass in Wilayat-e Ghor
Batai Pass, a pass in Velayat-e Khowst
Batur in Wilayat-e Ghazni
Chamu Tsah Dashtah, a plain in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Chinarak Mandeh, a valley in Wilayat-e Helmand
Chughak Ghar, a hill in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Chukshar in Wilayat-e Daykundi
Damakah Dashtah, a plain in Wilayat-e Helmand
Daman, a slope in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Dasht-e Gawandu, a plain in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Dasht-e Karez-e Salim, a plain in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Dasht-e Khal Goshki, a plain in Wilayat-e Herat
Dasht-e Kuchuk, a plain in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Dasht-e Randan, a plain in Wilayat-e Herat
De Ngande Dashtah, a plain in Wilayat-e Paktika
Gawandin, a dune in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Gazestan in Wilayat-e Herat
Haftan, a hill in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Iskichak, a slope in Wilayat-e Ghor
Jabar Pat in Wilayat-e Helmand
Kaliran in Farah
Kamkai Wazah Khwa, a plain in Wilayat-e Paktika
Karezgi Ghundey, a hill in Wilayat-e Paktika
Katalak, an escarpment in Wilayat-e Ghor
Khako Ghundey, a hill in Wilayat-e Paktika
Koh Chahar Pat in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Koh Chahar Rayg, a dune
Koh-e Astarawa, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Koh-e Awbarah, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Koh-e Baighisak, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Koh-e Siah Khan, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Kotal-e Gilak, a pass in Wilayat-e Daykundi
Kotal-e Goli, a pass in Wilayat-e Daykundi
Mehraban Nikeh Dashtah, a plain in Wilayat-e Paktika
Miriz Dasht, a plain in Wilayat-e Nimroz

Nawah-ye Soltan Mohammad, a valley in Wilayat-e Uruzgan
Obe Dashtah, a plain in Wilayat-e Paktika
Pereval Ishtarkhin, a pass in Wilayat-e Ghor
Pozah-ye Khosh Now, a peak in Wilayat-e Ghor
Pushtah-ye Anari, a hill in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Pushtah-ye Daraz, a hill in Farah
Pushtah-ye Khak-e Faqir, a hill in Wilayat-e Badghis
Pushtah-ye Khurd, a hill in Farah
Pushtah-ye Sabz, a hill in Farah
Pushtah-ye Tal Khushk, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Pushtahha-ye Malik Shayr, a hill in Wilayat-e Helmand
Pushtahha-ye Sardari, a hill in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Qowl-e Chehel Baghtu, a gorge in Wilayat-e Ghazni
Randah in Wilayat-e Helmand
Raygistan-e Laredem, a dune in Wilayat-e Helmand
Ruychillah in Wilayat-e Ghazni
Sar Darah-ye Quts-e `Ulya, a valley in Wilayat-e Ghor
Sar Tangai, a gorge in Wilayat-e Ghor
Sar-e Howz in Wilayat-e Ghor
Sardari Pat in Wilayat-e Helmand
Shaistah Gul Kelay in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Shaykh 'Ali in Wilayat-e Parwan
Shaykh Laku in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Shor Ab in Wilayat-e Herat
Sultani Pat in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Sur Band, a hill in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Sur Dasht, a plain in Wilayat-e Kandahar
Sur Deg, a dune in Wilayat-e Helmand
Surdik in Wilayat-e Helmand
Takhtasang, a slope in Wilayat-e Badghis
Tal-e Sardari in Wilayat-e Nimroz
Tapah-ye Nalu, a hill in Wilayat-e Ghor
Tarizai in Velayat-e Khowst
Tore Oba in Velayat-e Khowst
Urochishche Khayraspan in Velayat-e Khowst
Vuchmaray in Wilayat-e Paktika
Walar Dasht, a plain in Wilayat-e Helmand
Wuch Lakanr in Velayat-e Khowst
Wut Ghundey, a hill in Wilayat-e Paktika
`Ali Sher in Velayat-e Khowst
rna khyl in Wilayat-e Ghazni

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Burl Tank, a water tank in Catron County, New Mexico
Cacumba in Provincia de Benguela, Angola
Cano Arriba, a stream in Departamento del Vichada, Colombia
Chunggan-dong in Hwanghae-namdo, North Korea
Crique Kanguelarou, a stream in French Guiana
Debahi3 in Debahi, Rautahat, Narayani Zone, Central Region, Nepal
Doaur Nkakaa in Wilaya de Mostaganem, Algeria
Ferris Mountains Mine in Carbon County, Wyoming
Jenkins Branch, a stream in Jones County, Mississippi
Kasyenre in Ivory Coast
Kiyungu, a stream in iProvense ya Rutana, Burundi
Kormal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Kotovka in Smolenskaya Oblast', Russia

Lyutka, a stream in Sums'ka Oblast', Ukraine
Misheng in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Jonubi, Iran
Naji Mahul in Muhafazat Salah ad Din, Iraq
Ol'khovka, a stream in Kirovskaya Oblast', Russia
Perico in Provincia Granma, Cuba
Perriers Pond, a pond in Newfoundland and Labrador
Sedan Seventh Day Adventist Church, a church in Chautauqua County, Kansas
Seneca Cemetery in Shawano County, Wisconsin
Sese in Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tamlang Viejo in Province of Negros Occidental, Western Visayas, Philippines
Tanjungwira in Indonesia
Tislafine, a mountain in Region de Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco
Tudar in Ostan-e Lorestan, Iran
Yaka Palugassewa in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Yanjiahe in Shaanxi Sheng, China

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