 An ancient land whose history can be traced back to 50,000 B.C., Afghanistan was the site of one of the earliest cultures to domesticate plants and animals. The country has always distinguished itself by its heritage as a great crossroads of peoples, languages, and cultures. This is evidenced by the persistence of several spoken languages of which Pashtu, Dari, Farsi, Pahlawi, and Arabic predominate. Traditions in naming children were heavily influenced by the arrival of Islam in a.d. 652, and today there continues to be an overall tendency for parents to choose either religious or historical names. |
