Visas: Entry restrictions: Women of all nationalities should dress appropriately with a scarf to cover their heads and an overcoat for their bodies. PASSPORTS: Valid passport required by all. VISAS: Required by all except travellers holding a re-entry permit issued by Afghanistan.
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Languages Afghanistan : Pashtu (official) 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
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Climat Afghanistan : arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
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Religions Afghanistan : Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%
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Currency Afghanistan : Afghani
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Telephone international Afghanistan : 93
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Illicit drugs production Afghanistan : world's largest producer of opium; cultivation of opium poppy - used to make heroin - expanded to 30,750 hectares in 2002, despite eradication; potential opium production of 1,278 metric tons; source of hashish; many narcotics-processing labs throughout the country; drug trade source of instability and some government groups profit from the trade; 80-90% of the heroin consumed in Europe comes from Afghan opium; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering through informal financial networks
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