Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's location connecting Central Asia with South Asia has affected its history profoundly, as conquerors have invaded it and various ethnic groups have settled there. This is evident today from the existence in the country of some thirty languages belonging to four linguistic groups—Indo-Aryan, Turkic-Mongolian, Semitic, and Dravidian—with Pashto and Farsi as the lingua franca of the country.... ...
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