(n) a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south, Syn. Islamic State of Afghanistan, Example:Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979
[阿姆河, Ā mǔ héㄚ ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ] Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islami#147633