d English) (2003)

Radios:
167,000 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
at least 10 (one government-run central television station in Kabul
and regional stations in nine of the 32 provinces; the regional
stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a
station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan
provinces) (1998)

Televisions:
100,000 (1999)

Internet country code:
.af

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
1,000 (2002)

Communications - note:
in March 2003 'af' was established as Afghanistan's domain name;
Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public
"telekiosks" in Kabul that are part of a nationwide network proposed
by the Transitional Authority for Internet access (2002)

Transportation Afghanistan

Highways:
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km
unpaved: 18,207 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 387 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

Airports:
47 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
5 (2004 est.)

Military Afghanistan

Military branches:
Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force), Afghan Militia
Force (AMF) (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year
term (2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 22-49: 4,952,812 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 22-49: 2,662,946 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 275,362 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$188.4 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.6% (2004)

Transnational Issues Afghanistan

Disputes - international:
the UN has been able to repatriate over two million Afghan refugees
but several million more continue to reside in Iran and Pakistan in
camps and elsewhere, many at their own choosing; Coalition and
Pakistani forces continue to patrol remote tribal areas to control
the borders and stem orga