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Afghanistan True or False?

Can you guess whether these statements about the country of Afghanistan are true or false?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: September 16, 2021
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First submittedJanuary 24, 2021
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1. Afghanistan was once invaded by the Soviet Union
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2. Afghanistan once had a king
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Afghanistan was a monarchy from 1926–1973
3. Kabul has an elevation of more than 1000 meters
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At 1,790 m altitude, it is world's 11th highest capital
4. Osama bin Laden was the de facto leader of Afghanistan between 1996–2001
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5. Afghanistan is the world's largest opium poppy producer
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6. Khaled Hosseini was one of Afghanistan's presidents
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Khaled Hosseini is a writer
7. Pashtuns are a major ethnic group in Afghanistan
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Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan (39%), followed by Tajiks (37%)
8. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the U.S. war in Afghanistan
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9. Afghanistan has large Christian and Hindu minorities
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99.7% of Afghanis are Muslim
10. A British Army once was nearly completely annihilated fleeing from Afghanistan
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During the 1842 retreat from Kabul, 16,000 soldiers and civilians fled the country. Only one British person reached the border.
11. The Taliban is now the ruling power in Afghanistan
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12. What is today Kandahar was once a Greek-speaking settlement known as "Alexandria of Arachosia"
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13. The population of Afghanistan has declined since 1980 due to many wars and occupations
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The population of Afghanistan has TRIPLED since 1980, one of the fastest growth rates in the world
14. Afghanistan is a major oil exporter
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15. In Afghanistan, it is common for people to marry their first cousin
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34.7% of marriages in Afghanistan are between first cousins
NMI
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Level 88
Sep 16, 2021
Very topical, thank you, @Aaron197.

There’s a wee typo in question number 5: "Afghanistan is *the* world's largest opium poppy producer”.

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 16, 2021
Fixed
Jango
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Level 63
Sep 17, 2021
Good quiz Aaron, thank you. Sadly very topical as Afghanistan seems to be headed right back to the desperate days of Hosseini's The Kite Runner, and especially A Thousand Splendid Suns
SouthKorea
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Level 48
Sep 17, 2021
if I choose all true I get one point. anyways great quiz aaron
WillemLAif
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Level 77
Sep 20, 2021
Travel actives know Afghanistan was known as sort of a "hippie paradise" at the end part of the royal times. Well, at least the older ones who did it, and the younger ones who read older travel books.
nsoper
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Level 63
Sep 22, 2021
"99.7% of Afghanis are Muslim". People from Afghanistan are called Afghans. Not Afghanis. Think you are mistaking the suffix for Iraqis.
barmanitan
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Level 76
Nov 7, 2023
I imagine Pakistani and that other word also add to the confusion, maybe more so with the -stan association
bozoclown
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Level 55
Sep 22, 2021
Still trying to figure out why Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize at all??? For not being Bush? The guy bombed like 7 nations and largely expanded and continued the policies of Bush, but when Hollywood and media love you, I guess it makes you cool.
InterAlia
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Level 73
Sep 22, 2021
The award was certainly questionable and seems to have been somewhat aspirational. However, your list of troubling actions came after the award so could not have been a consideration.
rabble
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Level 64
May 21, 2023
It was due to the color of his skin.
michelesol
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Level 65
Sep 22, 2021
Excellent quiz
mattBk
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Level 70
Sep 22, 2021
Misread question #10 as "The British army" rather than "A British army". Nice phrasing, it got me. While we're splitting hairs, should "Army" be capitalized?
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