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Quiz on Afghanistan: History, Culture, and Current Affairs

Test your knowledge about Afghanistan's history, culture, and current affairs with this engaging quiz.

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1 When was Afghanistan established?

2 The population density of Afghanistan: How many people are there per square kilometre?

3 Both are Indo-European languages from the ________ sub-family, and the official languages of the country.

4 What is the currency of Afghanistan?

5 The country is being rebuilt slowly with support from the international community and dealing with a strong ________.

6 What is the national anthem of Afghanistan?

7 The ancient Zoroastrianism religion is believed to have originated in what is now Afghanistan between 1800 to 800 BC, as Zoroaster lived and died in ________.

8 During the first century, the Parthian Empire subjugated Afghanistan, but lost it to their ________ vassals.

9 On December 1, 2009, U.S. President ________ announced that he would escalate U.S.

10 ________ is the national airlines carrier, with domestic flights between Kabul, Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the NATO commander in Afghanistan labelled the Siege of Sangin against Taliban insurgents the most intensive engagement involving British soldiers since the Korean War.
  • the Dzungarian Gate, the only gateway through the 3,000-mile (4,800 km) mountain-wall from Manchuria to Afghanistan, has been linked to griffins (pictured) and the legendary Hyperboreans.
  • the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways add about 500 km of new track each year to their network with planned links to Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
  • the attack on Camp Chapman in Afghanistan on December 30, 2009, was the most lethal sustained by the CIA in 25 years.
  • the 2007 documentary film Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience was based on a collection of writings by U.S. soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • retired General Volney F. Warner has publicly criticized the Iraq War; his granddaughter, First Lieutenant Laura Margaret Walker, served in Afghanistan and was the first female graduate of West Point to die in combat.
  • silver coins in the 10th-century Viking Harrogate Hoard, recovered intact in Yorkshire, January 2007, came from as far as Afghanistan.
  • the Little Pamir valley in Afghanistan supports populations of Marco Polo sheep, ibex, and other wild animals.
  • the Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet Mohammed, in Kandahar, has been described as the "heart of Afghanistan".
  • when Sabi (pictured), a detection dog of the Australian Special Forces, was found after 14 months missing in action in Afghanistan, a journalist joked that she may have been on a spying mission.
  • when describing his time fighting jihad in Afghanistan, Mohamad Elzahabi said "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".
  • thousands of Flat Daddies, life-size photo cutouts of American soldiers deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, have been created to help families cope with their deployment.
  • the treasure of Tillia tepe, Afghanistan, was re-discovered after it was thought to have been destroyed by the Taleban, and is now on display at the Musée Guimet in Paris.
  • the director of Afghan Muscles ignored the role of Afghan women in bodybuilding, noting "It's men looking at men," and "60% [of men] have their first sexual experience with another man".
  • the new Shia Family Law of Afghanistan has attracted criticism for including clauses that some analysts believe encourage spousal rape.
  • prior to the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif, all American military flights into Afghanistan had to be launched from Uzbekistan or aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea.
  • it was at Petersberg where the Bonn Agreement concerning Afghanistan was actually negotiated and signed.
  • Major-General Nick Carter is the current commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan.
  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has expanded the Human Terrain Team program to match anthropologists with every brigade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • cross stitches are part of the embroidery traditions of the Balkans, Middle East, Afghanistan, Colonial America and Victorian England.
  • Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, who died in 2009 during Operation Panther's Claw in Afghanistan, is the highest-ranking British officer to be killed in action since Lt Col 'H'. Jones in the Falklands War.
  • Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker is currently in command of 140,000 troops as acting commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
  • Corporal Mark Wright will be posthumously awarded the George Cross for entering an unmarked minefield in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, attempting to save other injured soldiers.
  • India's USD 650–750 million aid for Afghanistan has bolstered bilateral relations and made it the largest regional provider of aid since overthrow of the Taliban.
  • Gary O'Donnell is the first person in 26 years to be awarded a second George Medal, the last one posthumously for "immense bravery" in Afghanistan.
  • Mark Donaldson became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, for his gallant actions under enemy fire in Afghanistan in September 2008.
  • after United States Navy SEAL Erik Kristensen died in Afghanistan in 2005 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for flags at the state Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
  • in 2005, Abdullah Wardak, a former Mujahideen commander from Afghanistan, received the "key to the city" of Evansville, Indiana.
  • The Candidate was an 2009 Afghan reality TV show that pitted youth against each other in a mock presidential election.
  • Ronald E. Neumann the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan is the first ambassador since John Q. Adams in 1817 to be appointed to the same country where his father was also ambassador.
  • Michael Lockett, a British sergeant who was killed by a roadside bomb, was the first British soldier awarded the Military Cross to die in Afghanistan.
  • Michael T. Flynn is the top U.S. military intelligence officer in Afghanistan and has been pushing for closer cooperation with Afghans.
  • Corporal Bryan Budd is being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, only the 13th such award since the Second World War.
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