Consider the following countries :
- 1.Azerbaijan
- 2.Kyrgyzstan
- 3.Tajikistan
- 4.Turkmenistan
- 5.Uzbekistan
Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan ?
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Answer: C. Afghanistan borders three Central Asian countries to its north: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan does not touch Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan lies across the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus. So 3, 4 and 5.
Watch for: Kyrgyzstan is close but does not touch Afghanistan; Tajikistan's Pamir region lies between them.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan do not border Afghanistan.
- B. Wrong because Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan do not border Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan is missing.
- D. Wrong because Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan do not border Afghanistan.
Source to check: Any standard atlas (e.g. Oxford Student Atlas, Central Asia map); CIA World Factbook, Afghanistan
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