Afghanistan facts 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 12-04-14 11:33 population growth and fertility rate 2.6% and 6.8 1 of 25 what stage of the DTM stage 2 2 of 25 evidence of high juvenility index 45% under 15 and only 2% over 65 3 of 25 infant mortaility rate one of highest in the world at 166 per 1,000 live births 4 of 25 how many died since 1988? estimated 3 million 5 of 25 how many emigrated? 6 million to Pakistan and Iran 6 of 25 what are most people? subsistence farmers or nomadic herdsmen yet the country does have ecnomic potential if irrigation developed 7 of 25 what % of females out of school? 89% of females over 14 out of school 8 of 25 evidence of womens discrimination women not allowed to see doctors as not allowed to be treated by men 9 of 25 what % of households have access to safe drinking water? 25% households 10 of 25 what % of water suply did Kabul lose due to water damage? 60% 11 of 25 water contamination in Kabul; waste dumps located close to drinking wells where heav rains would wash waste into city rivers 12 of 25 example of health risks due to pollution damaged oil refineries and lead battery factories 13 of 25 example of deforestation coniferous foress in north-west kabul halved in 3 decades 14 of 25 timber timber logged for export by talibans which causes soil erosion 15 of 25 damage to ecosystems wakhan corridor, food shortages drove yurt-dwelling herders to hunt the rare snow leopard 16 of 25 who was king in the 1970s? king zahir who wanted to develop the economy/womens rights/more liberal 17 of 25 what happened in 1978? afghan communist party came to power as they rejected Zahir's hopes 18 of 25 when did the USSR invade? 1979 out of fear that they would lose power as religious leaders opposed the Afghan communists 19 of 25 who resisted the USSR? mujahedeen who were supported by the US 20 of 25 when did the USSR withdraw? 1989 21 of 25 what happened? there was a power vacuum and civil war ensued 22 of 25 mid-1990s taliban took control and enforced radical islamic law 23 of 25 who did they give support to? bin laden who set up military training camps there and plottd 9/11 24 of 25 when did US invade? after 9/11 they raided and bombed, extended to most regions by 2010 25 of 25
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