Institutional strengthening of the Afghanistan Geological Survey : a project undertaken by the British Geological Survey

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,
to give it its official name, is
a relatively recent nation state,
gaining full independence only
after the end of the Third Anglo-
Afghan war on 19th August 1919.
It is of course steeped in antiquity.
Located at the crossroads of
Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent
and the Middle East, it
has long been a place of changing
dynasties and empires and passing
military invasions, including those
of Alexander the Great and Genghis
Khan. More recently, since the
late 1970s, it has been in a state
of almost continuous warfare,
culminating in the 2001 invasion
led by the United States, resulting
in the removal of the Taliban
government.