The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins

      Industries:

      small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper

      Industrial production growth rate:

      NA%

      Electricity - production:

      839 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      1.088 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      230 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 36.3% hydro: 63.7% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      5,036 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      4,534 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      20 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      20 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      NA

      Exports:

      $274 million; note - not including illicit exports or reexports (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems

      Exports - partners:

      India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.8%, US 20.5%, Tajikistan 7.2% (2007)

      Imports:

      $3.823 billion (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

      Imports - partners:

      Pakistan 36.8%, US 11%, India 5%, Germany 4.2% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $2.775 billion (2005)

      Debt - external:

      $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      afghani (AFA)

      Currency code:

      AFA

      Exchange rates:

      afghanis (AFA) per US dollar - NA (2007), 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004), 49 (2003)

      Communications

       Afghanistan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      280,000 (2005)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      5.4 million (2008)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: limited landline telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks in major cities domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service is improving rapidly international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan

       Persian), Urdu, and English) (2006)

      Radios:

      167,000 (1999)

      Television broadcast stations:

      at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)

      Televisions:

      100,000 (1999)

      Internet country code:

      .af

      Internet hosts:

      31 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2000)

      Internet users:

      580,000 (2007)

      Communications - note:

      Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)

      Transportation

       Afghanistan

      Airports:

      46 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 12 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 34 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 9 (2007)

      Heliports:

      9 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      gas 466 km (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 42,150 km paved: 12,350 km unpaved: 29,800 km (2006)

      Waterways:

      1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2007)

      Ports and terminals:

      Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

      Military

       Afghanistan

      Military branches:

      Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Army (ANA, includes Afghan

       National Army Air Corps) (2008)

      Military service age and obligation:

      22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year term (2005)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 7,431,147 females age 16–49: 7,004,819 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 4,234,180 females age 16–49: 3,946,685 (2008 est.)