Afghanistan covers an area of 652,230 km2 and has no access to the sea.
The population of 32 million is made up mainly of Pashtuns (42%) and Tajiks (27%). It also has Uzbek (9%), Hazari, Aimaq (4%) and Turkmen (3%) minorities.
The religion there is more than 99% Muslim.

There are three types of electrical outlets likely to be found in Afghanistan. They are the old British standard BS-546, the newer British standard BS-1363 and the European standard CEE-7/7 "Schukostecker" or "Schuko".