Is Afghanistan Middle East/central Asia/south Asia

Is Afghanistan Middle Eastern, West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian?

It can be grouped in either - most often, it is put as a part of Central Asia or South Asia (sometimes, as a part of the Greater Middle East as well), but the two above mentioned categories are most frequent. Some maps do include it in Central Asia:Some don’t:Same can be said about South Asia:Even Wikipedia puts it in both South and Central Asia:So I guess it can be either South or Central Asian (although I heard that most consider it more a part of the latter).

Are Iran and Afghanistan in central Asia, south Asia, or west Asia?

Iran is in West Asia. Afghanistan is culturally Central Asian/West Asian, but is sometimes grouped with South Asian countries which is completely inaccurate. South Asians are very different than Afghans and have their own culture distinct from Afghan culture.

Is Afghanistan in the Middle East?

Geographical it is in South Asia and Central Asia. The South Asian countries are India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka , Nepal , Maldives, Afghanistan and Bhutan.Afghanistan also borders central Asian countries such as China, Tajikistan , Uzbekistan amongst others. Afghanistan does border Iran , which is in the Middle East.Incidentally Afghanistan does not belong to any middle eastern organization, but is a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( India, Pakistan etc...)Culturally, Afghanistan is closer to South Asia than the middle East. Its languages are Dari and Pashto which are related to north Indian and Urdu languagesIn terms of religion, it does share Islam as the main religion with the Middle East. but that is a misnomer, because the majority of the worlds Muslims do not live in the middle east ( Indonesia, India, Nigeria). Historically, Afghanistan was Buddhist before conversion to Islam, and many Indian emperors can original from Afghanistan ( e.g Mughals)however, politically , it may belong to the middle east , as many of its issues are similar to the middle east rather than South Asia.The middle East has always been a very vague term, in which countries were added and removed depending on the context. For example Egypt is both in Africa and south west Asia. Turkey is the same to. so i found that when there is a positive thing to say about Egypt, it is in the middle east, but when there is something negative, it is in Africa. Similar to Turkey, it is sometimes classed in Europe and the middle east depending on the subject.Afghanistan, approximately the size of Texas, is bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, on the extreme northeast by China, on the east and south by Pakistan, and by Iran on the west. The country is split east to west by the Hindu Kush mountain range, rising in the east to heights of 24,000 ft (7,315 m). With the exception of the southwest, most of the country is covered by high snow-capped mountains and is traversed by deep valleys.

Culturally, is Afghanistan more like South Asia, Central Asia or the Middle East?

Afghanistan is not a homogeneous country to put it straightly into either of the three groups.It is a multi-ethnic nation that has a history of being at the center of Multi-Cultural Cross Roads.Geographically, Afghanistan has been at the tri-junction of the three of the ancient civilizations viz India, Persia & Chinese . It also sits south to the Eurasian Steppes that had been home to numerous nomadic empires and warrior-invader Tribes.While the India and Persia influenced the culture of Afghanistan, the demography of the nation has been a potpourri of various tribes that are Central Asian in Geographic origin and Iranian in linguistic identity.While the ancient Indian influence is visible on Afghanistan from the times of Indus valley civilization, post its Islamization, the country became culturally closer to Persian[ not Middle East ] while its demography is closer to the Central Asian.

How can Afghanistan and Pakistan be part of South Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia simultaneously?

Generally, regional terms are used to represent a group of countries which share some geopolitical, historical or cultural importance and they represent either intra-continental or inter-Continental countries.South Asia region. It is a term used to represent the southern region of Asia which was under British rule, British India. It includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka.Central Asia region. This term represents the countries in the region extending from the Caspian sea in the east to China in the west and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north and mainly constitutes of former Soviet union countries. This includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.Middle East region. It is a transcontinental terms to represent countries in western Asia, Egypt and Turkey. It include Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine terrotries, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Cyprus.Thus, Pakistan lies in south Asia region onlyAfghanistan is the fuzzy country in this nomenclature as it is the connecting country between central Asia, Middle East and south Asia.