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Afghanistan: Afghans Tracking Tehran Power Struggle
BY AUNOHITA MOJUMDAR
During Afghanistan’s nearly 30 years of civil strife, over 2 million Afghans found refuge in neighboring Iran. Most Afghan refugees have returned in recent years, and now, with Iran gripped by political turmoil, some in Kabul and elsewhere are waiting and watching anxiously to see what happens in their former country of residence. The outcome, the Afghans say, will exert considerable influence over Afghanistan’s own development.

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Area: 647,500 sq km (250,001 sq mi)
Population: 28,513,677
Capital: Kabul
President: Hamid Karzai
Religion: Muslim
Life Expectancy: 42.46
GDP per capita: $700
 
 
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