Afghanistan

Afghanistan (GB)

Afganistán (ES)

Afganistan (I)

Afeganistão (PO)

Afghanistan (F)

Afghanistan (N)

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, with its capital Kabul, covers 652,864 square kilometres; three quarters of the country consists of mountainous regions that are difficult to access. The state lies at the interface of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East and borders Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. It was not until the middle of the 18th century that it began to have its own history as a state; before that, the area was ruled by various peoples. The Islamic State of Afghanistan was founded in 1992. The Taliban came to power in 1996, lost it in 2006 and took over again in 2021 after a long period of war. As a result, the already low level of viticulture has come to a complete standstill.

Afghanistan - Landkarte, Flagge und Wappen

In the Hindu Kush, the Ismaili sect cultivated vines and there were vineyards along the Silk Road in the Hunza Valley. In the 16th century, Afghanistan belonged to the Indian Mughal Empire. At that time, wine was delivered to the court of Sultan Babur (1483-1530) in Agra (south-east of Delhi) via the Silk Road. Viticulture lost its importance in the 19th century and was only revived near Kabul in the late 1960s. In 2022, the vineyards covered 103,802 hectares, but for religious reasons (ban on alcohol) they are used exclusively for the production of table grape and sultanas.

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