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afghanistan

/af-gan-uh-stan/US // æfˈgæn əˌstæn //UK // (æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn, -ˌstæn) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 250,000 sq. mi..Capital: Kabul.

Examples

  • Low-income nations include Afghanistan, Ethiopia, North Korea, Somalia and Uganda.

  • I’ve been working in the paving and construction industry since high school and I got an opportunity to go to work in Afghanistan to build roads and one clinic and some bridges for 12 years.

  • So far, we’ve been hearing from the administrative and analytical sides of American reconstruction in Afghanistan.

  • Gonzales in a tweet said he “didn’t care about the sexual orientation of the person fighting next to me” when he served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • In Afghanistan, meanwhile, the lack of testing is pushing the country toward a humanitarian disaster.

  • In Afghanistan, there was a push to take back the southern province Helmand.

  • Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.

  • Before it was split between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Baluchistan spread over an area slightly larger than California.

  • Think Afghanistan and pieces of all the countries that surround it, including and especially Iran.

  • But why did the generals feel the need to rely on these groups, even after the Soviets left Afghanistan?

  • The tidings of a disaster in Afghanistan provoked an outburst of alarm and indignation in England.

  • He made himself lord of nearly all the present territory of Afghanistan and of the Punjab.

  • One thinks of mothers like Mrs. Ruck, whose best-loved sons are in Afghanistan.

  • He remained another year in Afghanistan making various expeditions in the country and into the Hindoo Koosh.

  • And with that, in this rapid run through, we may for convenience group Arabia and Persia and Afghanistan.