Agriculture is the main pillar of Afghanistan's national economy. The main crops include wheat, cotton, sugar beet, dried fruits and various fruits. The main livestock products are fat-tailed sheep, cattle, goats and so on.
The light and handicraft industries are mainly textile, fertilizer, cement, leather, carpet, electricity, sugar, metal manufacturing and agricultural products and fruit processing.
Afghanistan has trade relations with more than 60 countries and regions. The main export commodities are natural gas, carpets, dried and fresh fruits, wool, cotton and so on. The main imports include various foodstuffs, motor vehicles, petroleum products and textiles.
Afghanistan has the world's third-largest copper belt, the richest lithium deposits, and the fifth-largest iron ore deposits. The Panjshir Valley, 130 kilometers northeast of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, produces the world's highest quality emeralds.
Thousands of years ago, the Panjshir Valley has been the production of high-quality emeralds, and then once interrupted, since the 1970s, modern mining, Afghanistan Panjshir emeralds with its high quality and rare production gradually known to the world and widely sought after. However, due to the scarcity of production, the constant war and the monopolization of Panjshir emeralds by the Middle East and European countries, this treasure is rarely known domestically.
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Afghanistan is an Islamic country, and all of the taboos of Islam also apply. apply, such as the prohibition of alcohol and pork. There are quite a lot of restrictions on women in Afghanistan, and generally women have to go out and wear a kind of dress called BURKAR, where they are not seen from head to toe, and can only see things through small mesh windows.
After the fall of the Taliban regime, the situation has changed a lot, many urban women have bravely put on Western-style clothes "to show their faces". Afghans usually greet each other with a handshake or a hand on the chest to show respect, and friends do face-to-face salutes.
People in Afghanistan dress more conservative, men do not wear shorts on the street, women do not wear narrow and exposed clothing, it is best to bring a headscarf. Government workers generally dress neatly, especially the middle and upper officials always wear Western-style clothes. Therefore, Chinese officials should pay attention to the dress code when visiting Afghan officials.
The staple food of Afghans is naan and rice, naan is made of wheat, barley, corn and sun-dried mulberry and peas ground into noodles and baked. There are two kinds of stuffed and unstuffed. Grab rice is the oil into the pot to heat, add shredded carrots and chopped onions stir fry, add water, suet, salt, etc. Boil and put rice, cooked on a plate, mixed with lemon juice, chili or other seasonings.