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Afghanistan
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A landlocked country in Central and South Asia, with Kabul as its capital.
"Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan, Iran, and several Central Asian countries."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe country name, literally meaning "land of the Afghans."
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Etymology
From Persian Afghanistan, meaning roughly "land of the Afghans" — Afghan plus the suffix -istan, "land of."