Bactria (/ ˈ b æ k t r i ə /; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient region in Central Asia.Bactria proper was north of the Hindu Kush mountain range and south of the Oxus river (modern Amu Darya), covering Afghanistan.More broadly, Bactria was the area which was located north of the Hindu Kush, west of the Pamirs and south of the Tian Shan, covering modern-day ...

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان), is a country in South Asia. It borders Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. Kabul serves as the country's capital city.. Afghanistan is currently governed by the Taliban, after the collapse of the ...