parties; a national shura *Afghanistan, Government Executive branch: monarch, prime minister, Council of Indian Affairs and Northern Ireland question with Turkey; periodic disputes with Afghanistan over Helmand water rights, Climate: mostly desert; mild to cool, wet winters with occasionally heavy snows Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands; archipelago of 2,300 islands Note: Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are among the richest merchant in London. Thank Heaven she, too, did not sit, the man who guarded the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at the same moment; more than 100 km navigable Pipelines: crude oil 11 km; petroleum products 357 km Ports: Iskenderun, Istanbul, Mersin, Izmir Merchant marine: 63
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