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Afghanistan. Dry and mountainous but with fertile valleys. This strategic land has been fought over by rival foreign empires for nearly three thousand years. Afghanistan PRAY FOR THE COUNTRY. Area: 652,225 sq km Population: 29,117,489 Annual Growth: 3.5% Capital: Kabul Urban Percent: 24.8%
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Afghanistan Dry and mountainous but with fertile valleys. This strategic land has been fought over by rival foreign empires for nearly three thousand years.
AfghanistanPRAY FOR THE COUNTRY • Area: 652,225 sq km • Population: 29,117,489 • Annual Growth: 3.5% • Capital: Kabul • Urban Percent: 24.8% • Human Development Index Rank:181 of 182 countries
AfghanistanPRAY FOR THE PEOPLE • Peoples: 76 (71 unreached) • Languages: 41 • Official Languages: Pashtu (used by 50% of population), Dari (Afghan Persian, used by 70%). • Largest Religion: Muslim (100% of population)
AfghanistanPRAY FOR THE CHURCH • Christians (self-identified): • 14,559 • 0.1% of population • Annual Growth: 14.6% • Evangelicals: • 8,442 • 0.0% of population • Annual Growth: 16.7%