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Other pages in this profile of Afghanistan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
280,000 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
2.52 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service; many Afghans utilize growing cellular phone coverage in major cities domestic: telephone service is improving with the licensing of several wireless telephone service providers in 2005 and 2006; approximately 8 in 100 Afghans own a wireless telephone; telephone main lines remain limited 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 Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2006) |
Television broadcast stations |
at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006) |
Internet country code |
.af |
Internet hosts |
21 (2007) |
Internet users |
535,000 (2006) |
Communications - note |
Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005) |
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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 (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 34,782 km paved: 8,229 km unpaved: 26,553 km (2004) |
Waterways |
1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Kheyrabad, Shir Khan |
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