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Geography - note Afghanistan, in 30 editions.

The entry for Afghanistan published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.

edition changed the text
1
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).

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2025 edition

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The same text in 24 editions, 2002 to 2025.

  • landlocked;
  • the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country;
  • the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

Rewritten: too little of the 2001 text remains to mark the changes.
landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Afghanistan: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/afghanistan/geography-note.

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