Pashtunistan
Islamic Emirate of Pashtunistan د پښتونستان اسلامي امارت (Pashto) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Kabul |
| Official languages | Pashto |
| Recognised regional languages | Hazara, Pashtun, Tajik, Nuristani |
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| Demonym(s) | Pashtun, Pashtuni |
| Government | Semi-presidential Islamic republic |
• Amir al-Mu'minin | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
• Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
• First Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting) |
• Second Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Salam Hanafi]] (acting) |
• Third Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Kabir (acting) |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| House of Elders | |
| House of the People | |
| Independence [from Afghanistan] | |
• Declared | March 1st 2021 |
• Admitted to the United Nations | N/A |
| Currency | Pashtun dinar |
Pashtunistan (Pashto:پښتونستان, Pax̌tūnstān), officially the Islamic Emirate of Pashtunistan (د پښتونستان اسلامي امارت, Da Pax̌tūnstān Islāmī Jomhoriyat), is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It borders Pakistan to the east, Balochistan to the south, Iran to the west, Hazaristan to the north and Tajikistan to the northeast. Pashtunistan is landlocked and mountainous; its landscape is composed of dry mountains and basins, rivers flowing in narrow canyons, and some desert areas.
By 1996 most of Afghanistan was captured by the Islamic fundamentalist group, the Taliban, who ruled most of the country as a totalitarian regime for five years. The Taliban were removed from power after the US invasion in 2001 but still controlled a significant portion of the country. The ten-year-long war between the government and the Taliban reached a conclusion with the 2007 Taliban offensive and the resulting fall of Kabul which returned the Taliban to power. the partition of Afghansistan with the formation of four new states, The republic of Hazaristan, Daristan, Nuristan, and the Taliban-dominated Pashtunistan, with northern and southern Afghanistan divided between Uzbekistan, Balochistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Pamiristan.