AFGHANISTAN Geography Afghanistan, the land of Afghans as the name suggests, is a mountainous land surrounded by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north and by China on the extreme northeast, on the east and south by Pakistan, and towards west by Iran. The country is split across from East to the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range, rising in the east at the height of 24,000 ft (7,315 m). The southwestern part of the country is covered by high snow-capped mountains and is bridged by deep valleys. The Largest City is Kabul and the other larger cities are Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, Charikar and Heart.
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