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    Our Culture: Afghanistan
    Our Culture: Afghanistan
    Our Culture: Afghanistan
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    Our Culture: Afghanistan

    By Sean L. Young

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    Learn the Culture of Afghanistan whether you're going for business, or for a visit. See how you can make a great first impression, plus a friendship that could last a lifetime. Includes a short phrase and vocabulary list so you can communicate quickly.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSean L. Young
    Release dateApr 2, 2018
    ISBN9781370255146
    Our Culture: Afghanistan
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    Sean L. Young

    AUTHOR'S NOTE: With the rise of fake books penned by AI and being sold without an author's knowledge, Please refer to my page here on Smashwords to view the books written by me. If you find a title with my name listed on a book-selling website and it's not listed here, report it immediately to the website or merchant where you have discovered it.Us authors work hard to bring you the information to help you learn or keep you entertained. Your support for our hard work and efforts is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.Learning languages since 1978, I have studied over 50 of them and mastered eight of them. The rest are various degrees of fluency from beginner to intermediate. I am the founder of Young's Language Consulting and creator of the popular Speak Up! language series. I currently do language consultation for any language using any language course and method.

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      Our Culture - Sean L. Young

      Our Culture - Afghanistan

      By Sean L. Young

      Copyright 2018 Young's Language Consulting

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for purchasing this eBook. This book may not be reproduced, copied or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without the written permission from the publisher. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

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      Table of Contents

      Facts and Statistics

      Islam in Afghanistan

      Tribes and Ethnicity

      Languages in Afghanistan

      Culture and Society

      The Family

      Honor and Shame

      Afghan Hospitality

      Social Etiquette

      Meeting and Greeting

      Mixing Between Genders

      Gift Giving Etiquette

      Dining Etiquette

      Business Etiquette, Customs and Protocol

      Business Cards

      What to Wear?

      Business Meetings

      Negotiating

      Speak Up! In Dari

      English – Dari Vocabulary

      Acknowledgements

      Connect with Me Online

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      Facts and Statistics

      Location: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran

      Capital: Kabul

      Official languages: Pashto, Dari

      Ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, and others

      Religion: Islam

      Government: Unitary presidential Islamic republic

      Population: 34,656,032 (2016)

      Currency: Afghani (Afs) (AFN)

      Time zone: UTC+4:30 (Solar Calendar)

      Drives on the: right

      Calling code: +93

      Internet TLD: .af افغانستان.

      Climate: Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

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      Islam in Afghanistan

      Islam is practiced by the majority of the population and governs much of their personal, political, economic and legal lives. Friday is the Muslim holy day. Most shops and

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