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Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna

(Encyclopedia)Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna, 1948–, Belarusian journalist and nonfiction writer, grad. Univ. of Minsk (1972). She was a working journalist before she began writing books in the 1980s. Her firs...

Amanullah

(Encyclopedia)Amanullah ăməno͝olˈə [key], 1892–1960, emir (1919–26) and king (1926–29) of Afghanistan. To win popular support for his rule he invaded India in an attempt to free Afghanistan from British-...

Andkhui

(Encyclopedia)Andkhui əndkhroiˈ [key], city , N Afghanistan, in Faryab province, near the Turkmenistan border. Wool is its chief product, and it has a noted trade in fruits and karaku...

Waziristan

(Encyclopedia)Waziristan wəzēˈrĭstänˌ [key], region (1981 est. pop. 545,000), 4,473 sq mi (11,585 sq km), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan, on the Afghanistan border. An ex...

Ghowr

(Encyclopedia)Ghowr: see Ghor, Afghanistan.

Ghur

(Encyclopedia)Ghur: see Ghor, Afghanistan.

Kafiristan

(Encyclopedia)Kafiristan, Afghanistan: see Nuristan. ...

Bamiyan

(Encyclopedia)Bamiyan, Afghanistan: see Bamian.

Helmund

(Encyclopedia)Helmund, river, Afghanistan: see Helmand. ...

Morghab

(Encyclopedia)Morghab, river, Afghanistan: see Murgab. ...