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Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Territory: 652.2 thousand square meters. km
Capital: Kabul
Time: Moscow: + 2 hours 30 minutes


Geography of Afghanistan:

Republic of Afghanistan - a state in the Middle East. It shares borders with Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north, and China in the easternmost part of the country.

Afghanistan - a mountainous country: nearly three-quarters of the territory covered by mountains and hills. In the north there are several valleys in the south and south-west - desert areas. Main mountain system of the country - the Hindu Kush, which stretches for 965 km from the Pamirs in the north-east to the border with Iran in the west.

Republic of Afghanistan - a state in the Middle East. It shares borders with Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north, and China in the easternmost part of the country ....

The political system of Afghanistan:

Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with a presidential form of government.

Airports in Afghanistan and the flight: Kabul

Weather Afghanistan:

Climate - subtropical continental, cold winters and dry, hot summer. Average temperature and precipitation vary with altitude: in the winter from +8 to -20 ° C and lower in summer from +32 to 0 ° C. In the deserts of 40-50 mm of rain falls per year, on the plateaux - 200-250 mm, on the windward slopes of the Hindu Kush 400-600 mm in the south-eastern Afghanistan, which penetrate the monsoons from the Indian Ocean, about 800 mm. Maximum precipitation falls in winter and spring. At an altitude of 3000-5000 m snow cover lasts 6-8 months, above - glaciers.

Language of Afghanistan:
Official Language: Pashto, Dari
Afghanistan Religion:

The dominant religion is Islam - he confesses over 90% of the population. Distributed as Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, many different autochthonous pagan cults and syncretistic beliefs.

Currency of Afghanistan:
International name: AFN

Practically throughout the country in stores you can pay by U.S. dollars, but in remote areas in the course of only Afghani. Credit and debit cards are not accepted. Traveler’s checks in U.S. dollars or pounds sterling only limited use of banks in Kabul.

Do I need a visa to travel: Yes

Visa:

The visa regime for all but the Islamic travelers returning from visiting Mecca and Medina.

Necessary documents for obtaining a visa to Afghanistan:
- Passport with an expiry date not less than 3 months after the alleged return of the country.
- 1 filled in English application form.
- 2 photographs.
- Private or official invitation.

The visa regime for all but the Islamic travelers returning from visiting Mecca and Medina. ...

Customs restrictions:

Import and export of foreign (except Israel) currency is not limited (declaration required), and national - is prohibited. Without paying customs duties can bring the following items: up to 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 500 gr. tobacco, 250 ml. perfume and eau de toilette (unpacked), as well as personal belongings. Forbidden to import alcohol, drugs, pornography, film and video discrediting the state system, or contrary to Islam, firearms, plants, fruits and vegetables. Prohibited the export of antiques, rugs, furs, as well as film and video without a license, the Taliban Islamic committees.

Representatives of Afghanistan in the territory of Russia:

Consular Section
Address: Moscow, 101000, Moscow, Cook Street. 42
phone: 290-01-46

Line voltage: 220V

Cuisine:

The most typical Afghan dish - “shish-kebab”, which is a type of shish kebab skewers strung with pieces of meat, bacon and vegetables. Very similar to his “sweater-kebab”, or “Keftiu-kebab (prepared from minced meat with onions), Shami kebab, minced meat mixed with egg and vegetable purees,” morgue-kebab “(Chicken ), Tas-Kebab (grilled in a stir-fry beef, then boiled in wine) and other “kebabs”, but a closer look at all these dishes are very much different from each other, and prepare them a little differently than in other Central Asia. The second most important and popular dish - pilaf, which also comprise dozens of species, including the “cables Saw” or “the Kabul-pilaf (pilau rice and lamb with finely chopped carrots and raisins) and” Palau-e Shahi (pilaf of rice, lamb, sheep fat, raisins, pistachios and cloves). In pilaf can be used by poultry, beef or lamb ribs, as well as various vegetables and many spices.

Also popular lamb stew with vegetables, “feed-sabzi (stewed beef or lamb with spinach, spices and vegetable garnish),” feed “(the same” feed-sabzi, “only instead of spinach used yellow peas” Daud-nahud) “jacket”, or “Keftiu” (original meat balls), Kurma (chicken meat fried with onions and tomatoes), braised lamb in its own juice “chainaki, as well as many simple dishes of tripe and other offal with rice. Typically, a plow and other meat dishes are served yogurt, cheese, pickled vegetables “torshi, hot sauce, and various side dishes of meat, cereals, vegetables or legumes.

Equally widespread are soups, especially “shorba (” shurpa) with rice or Schorm with vegetables, fried milk river fish “w-Mahi, all kinds of soups (meat served to them separately), mushava “- soup with beans and yogurt, and others.

Vegetable dishes include the ubiquitous “Burani (” boranes “) of eggplant, onions and tomatoes (” Burani-bonzhan “- with yogurt,” Kadu Burani, “- with a pumpkin, etc.),” turshi-bonzhan “(salted stuffed eggplant), “bonzhan-salad (eggplant salad),” olva “(sort of fried semolina),” Sher-berindzh “(rice pudding),” oui “(noodles with pulses, meat and yogurt), chutney -gashniz “(with coriander chutney), Osh-pozi” (stuffed onions), “mold Jour-Roth” (yellow rice with beans), peculiar dumplings “ashtak” (filled with vegetables, meat and onions), “mantle” (dumplings with meat and onions, and really like the mantle), “Samus-yirakot - (semi-circular pastry stuffed with vegetables, meat and cheese), and simple boiled rice with various spices and is boiled or fried potatoes (” kartoff - mumulay “). Spices are very diverse, ranging from the traditional curry or crushed grape seed, fed to meat dishes, and ending with “Hawaii” (a mixture of ground coriander, black pepper, cumin and turmeric) or black pepper sauce, vinegar and oil.

All dishes are accompanied by flat and long flat bread “Naan”, which makes it virtually from any thing at hand flour (sometimes in the batter add potatoes or onions), and often they are not baked, and grilled on an iron skillet in clay ovens or on hot stones in the hearth .

For dessert, served “Firn” (milk pudding with pistachios), dozens of types of halva, bichak “(original pies of pumpkin puree with meat, cheese or even jam, served both hot and cold), cakes, gosh-fil” sweet puddings, and candied nuts, vegetables and fruits. The country has grown a variety of local fruits for dessert - the sweetest melons (especially good Mazar-sharifskie and maymanskie), grapes, pomegranates (the best grades - from Kandahar), apples, pears, apricots, oranges (good Jalalabad), here, plums, and walnuts, pistachios and almonds - favorite local snacks.

National drink, without a doubt, is the tea ( “tea”), both black and green, which is consumed in immense quantities. Typically, tea is brewed very strong and is served without sugar, in a small (2-3 cup) metal teapot.

Alcoholic beverages in this Islamic country can be found only imported and only in schools, aimed at the Europeans. Afghans themselves can afford only a special low-alcohol drink made of fermented milk such as kumys.


The most typical Afghan dish - “shish-kebab”, which is a type of shish kebab skewers strung with pieces of meat, bacon and vegetables. Very similar to his “sweater-kebab”, or “Keftiu-kebab (prepared from minced meat with onions), Shami kebab, minced meat mixed with egg and vegetable purees,” morgue-kebab “(Chicken ), Tas-Kebab (grilled in a stir-fry beef, then boiled in wine) and other “kebabs”, but a closer look at all these dishes are very much different from each other, and prepare them a little differently than in other Central Asia. The second most important and popular dish - pilaf, which also comprise dozens of species, including the “cables Saw” or “the Kabul-pilaf (pilau rice and lamb with finely chopped carrots and raisins) and” Palau-e Shahi (pilaf of rice, lamb, sheep fat, raisins, pistachios and cloves). In pilaf can be used by poultry, beef or lamb ribs, as well as various vegetables and many spices ....

Photo and video:

Not recommended to photograph military installations and representatives of the security forces. Also, do not get a camera in the mosques, in areas of major strategic facilities (airports, bridges, etc.) or try to take pictures of local women (men, if they ask permission, take pictures with pleasure).

National characteristics of Afghanistan. Traditions:

Access to the mosque and the territory of some mazars for women is closed, but you can always ask the advice of local residents.

Friday - last day of the week, day off.

Safety:

Since 1978, the country’s civil war. The main danger - Mines and unexploded ordnance, which the local land an incredible amount.

Country code: +93

Geographic domain name is the first level:. Af

Health:

The health care system in this one of the world’s poorest countries are very backward and limited


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