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cinemas & bookshops in Afghanistan

If you are an ESL teacher living and working abroad, finding reading material in English or a cinema showing films in English can sometimes be difficult. To help you, we are compiling a directory of English language bookshops and cinemas worldwide.

English language bookshops in Afghanistan
English language cinemas in Afghanistan

travel guides & language books for Afghanistan

An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light is the remarkable account of a boy's travels in this extraordinary country, first in the midst of Soviet occupation and then in the face of the rise of the Taliban to power in the 1990s.
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Afghanistan: A Modern History
Today, Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape, pitched between America, its rivals and the peoples of Central Asia.
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map & facts

Independence Day, 19 August
International dialing code: 93
Population: 31,056,997
Language: Pashtu, Dari
Government: transitional
Religion: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%
Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Map of Afghanistan

The CIA World Factbook

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