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Afghanistan

The World Language Process program of the UNKOMMON Foundation is proposing to conduct a symposium at the AILA 2011 Conference being jointly hosted by The Chinese Language Association, Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing, China, August 23-28, 2011.

We would like to have participants from every country in the world including individuals from as many languages as we possibliy can.

As they are developed - we will place on:

www.worldlanguageprocess.org/2011

details about the planned symposium. Those who are participating will be sent out a monthly newsletter discussing the preparations and reporting their progress.

Persons the WLP Proposes to Participate in its Symposium
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Geographic Location
Location:

    Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran

    647,500 sq km
    slightly smaller than Texas

 Border countries:

    China 76 km
    Iran 936 km
    Pakistan 2,430 km
    Tajikistan 1,206 km
    Turkmenistan 744 km
    Uzbekistan 137 km
Cultural Demographics
Population:

32,738,376 (July 2008 est.)

Cultural Groups:

Pashtun 42%
Tajik 27%
Hazara 9%
Uzbek 9%
Aimak 4%
Turkmen 3%
Baloch 2%
other 4%

 Languages Spoken:

Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%
Pashto (official) 35%
Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%
30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%
much bilingualism

Literacy:
male: 43.1%
female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
Provinces and Universities
Capital:

    Kabul

34 provinces

(velayat)

Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol

 University of Afghanistan.com UniversityofAfghanistan founded in 2006 to provide effective and affordable training for everyone, especially the disadvantaged, in information technology,

www.universityofafghanistan.com/

Kabul University Street address: Jamal Mina, Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan Telephone: 93 (0) 20 250 0326. www.culturalprofiles.net/Afghanistan/Units/313.html

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Afghanistan

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