tal: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to
Towraghondi; 15 km 1,524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to
Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

Highways:
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,800 km
unpaved: 18,200 km (1984 est.)

Waterways: 1,200 km; chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up
to about 500 DWT

Pipelines: petroleum products - Uzbekistan to Bagram and
Turkmenistan to Shindand; natural gas 180 km

Ports: Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

Airports:
total: 35
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 4
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 7
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 3
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 13
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 3 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 31,200 (1983 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: very limited telephone and telegraph service; 1 public
telephone in Kabul
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 0, shortwave 2

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: NA
note: several television stations run by factions and local councils
which provide intermittent service

Televisions: 100,000 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: NA; note - the military still does not exist on a
national scale; some elements of the former Army, Air and Air
Defense Forces, National Guard, Border Guard Forces, National Police
Force (Sarandoi), and tribal militias still exist but are
factionalized among the various mujahedin and former regime leaders

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 5,549,602
males fit for military service: 2,976,741
males reach military age (22) annually: 220,532 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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Map
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Location: 41 00 N, 20 00 E -- Southeastern Europe, bordering the
Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro

Flag
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Description: red with a black two-headed eagle in the center

Geography
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Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and
Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia an