islamic state of afghanistan

Noun
  1. domain member region:
    • al qaeda, al qaida, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, al-qaida, base, qaeda - a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
    • loya jirga - a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    member holonym: afghan, afghanistani - a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
    has:
    • herat - a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities
    • jalalabad - a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul)
    • capital of afghanistan, kabul - the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan
    • kandahar, qandahar - a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
    • mazar-i-sharif - a city in northern Afghanistan
    • hindu kush, hindu kush mountains - a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
    • khyber pass - a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
    • pamir mountains, the pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
    is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    same as: afghanistan

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