Literacy In Afghanistan

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Afghanistan is one of many third world countries. It is located in South Asia. Afghanistan is surrounded by other countries such as Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Its also close to the Arabian Sea.

Some places have kings and queens, monarchies, and etc. Afghanistan has a president just like us. Right now their president is Ashraf Ghani.

The population in Afghanistan at this time is 30.55 million. Fifty years from now the population should be 40,216,962.37. Men and women have different life expectancies, for example, women in Afghanistan live to usually be around 52.3 years old. Men on the other hand, are said to live to be around 49.5 years old. Women usually live longer than men, I think the reason for this is that men do more risky things. There are more births than there are deaths in Afghanistan, the birth rate is 38.6 per 1,000 while the death rate is only 13.9 per 1,000.
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Some places have a lower literacy rate than us because of problems going on currently in their countries. This makes it harder for them to learn. Afghanistan's literacy rate is 38.2%.

Speaking of issues in countries, Afghanistan has a big social problem. They have this problem because they are currently going through a civil war, a war within it’s own borders, between it’s own citizens. Some of the effects upon the country created by this war are widespread thievery, kidnapping, and banditry. That's not all, they also have a big problem with inequality of women, and worse poverty.

Afghanistan has jobs like we do for example, they have plumbers, masons, and farming. Some higher ranked jobs are teachers, doctors, and priests. The Afghans currency is called Afghanis. Some people get Afghans and Afghanis mixed up, but they aren't the same things. 10,000 Afghanis is equivalent our $2.95. Their GDP is

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