-652,000 sq km
-Pop: 18,000,000 (and soon to be less)
-Religion: Sunni and Sheite Muslim
-Language: Pashtu, Dari, and others
-Literacy 32%
-Life expectancy: 44yrs (soon to be less)
-Per capita income $220 US/year

Millions of landmines 'live' left everywhere from the last war. Over 16,000 villages destroyed from the last war. That leaves only about another 16,000 vills to destroy.

All info courtesy of the Nat Geo Soc Atlas 1996 edition

The big question is:

What neighboring country will lay claim to Afghanistan after the war?

Maybe Russia will want it.

How about using it as a training area.

Forget about what I said about Devil's Island on that other thread.

Dump the refugees from that boat over there.

I hear some of them are quite familiar with the terrain.