Iran’s neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan battle each other
Mar. 23, 2026
Q: Pakistan announced a five-day pause in its attacks against neighboring Afghanistan as hundreds of Afghans killed in an airstrike on that nation's capital were buried last week. Where are Pakistan and Afghanistan on Iran’s eastern border?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The Afghan Taliban government said 400 people were killed and 265 wounded when bombs struck a drug rehabilitation center in the capital – the deadliest single attack in a more than three-week war. What is the capital of Afghanistan?
A. Islamabad
B. Kabul
C. Kandahar
D. Karachi
Q: Pakistan accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of harboring Pakistani Taliban militants who have relentlessly attacked targets in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad last November. The Taliban was formed in Kandahar in 1994 with help from which neighboring nation?
A. China
B. Iran
C. Pakistan
D. Uzbekistan
Q: Afghanistan is 99.7% Muslim and ruled by the Taliban under harsh enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic sharia law. Which nation has the largest population of Muslims?
A. Bangladesh
B. India
C. Indonesia
D. Pakistan
Q: The vast majority of Afghans and Pakistanis belong to which major branch of Islam?
A. Shia
B. Sunni
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