Thesis Book - Seeds of Hope

1.1 The Country of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a landlocked country sharing borders with
Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. It is
portrayed as a country known as terra incognita - the land of tribes,
the home of warlords, as well as the graveyard of empires. The country
consists of many diverse ethnic and linguistic groups such as the
Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks, however, no specific ethnic
group makes up more than one-third of the population (Evason). The
official languages of Afghanistan are Dari and Pashto - the former
being part of an Iranian Language family. The Persian language’s
Afghan artisits has
painted graffiti on the
walls of government
buildings, businesses,
and embassies in Kabul
official name is Dari, even though it is widely known as Farsi.
Other than Dari and Pashto, there are various languages spoken
across the country which include Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik and Balochi.
Afghanistan has dealt with almost seven major conflicts from 1919
with the British and guerrilla war against the Soviet invasion to
Fig 1
AFGHAN ‘BANKSY’ TAKES OVER KABUL
the ongoing fight against the Taliban from 1994 to 2001 and now
recently the Taliban invasion. Sadly, for a long time, war has
been continuously embedded into the lives of Afghan citizens (Sadr).
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