THE WORLD FACTBOOK
_@Afghanistan *Geography #_Total area: 647,500 km2; land area: 647,500 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas
_#_Land boundaries: 5,826 km total; China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, USSR 2,384 km
_#_Coastline: none—landlocked
_#_Maritime claims: none—landlocked
_#_Disputes: Pashtun question with Pakistan; Baloch question with Iran and Pakistan; periodic disputes with Iran over Helmand water rights; insurgency with Iranian and Pakistani involvement; traditional tribal rivalries
_#_Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
_#_Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
_#_Natural resources: natural gas, crude oil, coal, copper, talc, barites, sulphur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones