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Beginning in the 1800s Afghanistan’s internal affairs became dramatically aggravated by the increasing intervention by two new imperialist powers -
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Kabul is taken in 1818 by an Afghan tribe, the Barakzai, led on this occasion by Dost Mohammed -
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In December 1838 a British army is assembled in India for an Afghan campaign. -
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King Amanullah, Proclamullah proclaming unilaterally the independence of his country -
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In 1973, the king was overthrown and a republic was declared. But this in reality represented very little. For the king had simply been overthrown by a prominent member of his own family, Daoud, who decided to title himself president instead of king -
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In 1978 and 1979, a number of coups brought to power a communist government that drifted increasingly toward the USSR, ending with a Soviet puppet government in Kabul led by Babrak Kamal -
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In 1989 the USSR withdrew by internationally supported Anti-Communist Mujahideen and the civil war started -
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The length in the front of the burqua is to the knee while the back is to the ankle. Women were only allowed to wear black shoes, but never white. Wearing white shoes was forbidden because the Taliban flag was white and they were saying that by wearing white shoes, they step on the flag. -
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During that dark period of Taliban, men had to wear this particular dress which is a combination of long knee length dress with a baggy trouser; also men had to have a hat or turban as head covering with a long beard. For boys under the age of 15, it was the same as men but they didn't have to wear turban or hat except in school -
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People have been flying kites in Afghanistan for more than 100 years. Flying kite is a common hobby of many Afghans -
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Afghanistan's current President is Hamid Karzai, who was elected -
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The current Afghanistan flag is contained three solid colors such as black, red and green and each color represents a different page in the history of Afghanistan. -
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The red color means blood shed and fights for independence and the green means the independence achieved as well as hope and prosperity for the future -
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The black represents the 19th century era when Afghanistan was occupied and did not have independence. -
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The length in the front of the burqua is to the knee while the back is to the ankle. Women were only allowed to wear black shoes, but never white. Wearing white shoes was forbidden because the Taliban flag was white and they were saying that by wearing white shoes, they step on the flag -
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Afghanistan Religion is Islam and Islam is the second most popular and fast growing religion of the world with over 1.5 billion adherents