Level 1
Afghanistan MCQs set 3 for Balochistan Police Sub Inspector (BS-14) Current Affairs — 20 solved questions.
Q1. Which of the following is NOT one of the founding three members of the ECO (originally established as RCD in 1964)?
Answer: Afghanistan
Explanation: The ECO was founded as the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) in 1964 by three countries - Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey; Afghanistan only joined when the organisation expanded in 1992, and is therefore not a founding member.
Q2. Which SAARC member state joined the organization in 2007 as the eighth and latest member?
Answer: Afghanistan
Explanation: Afghanistan became the eighth and latest member of SAARC when it was formally admitted at the 14th SAARC Summit held in New Delhi in April 2007.
Q3. Which country hosted the peace talks that led to the Doha Agreement between the US and Afghan Taliban in February 2020?
Answer: Qatar
Explanation: The Doha Agreement between the United States and the Afghan Taliban was signed on 29 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar, providing for the withdrawal of US forces in exchange for Taliban security guarantees.
Q4. Pakistan launched the Afghan Policy Coordination Cell within the Foreign Office after which specific event to coordinate policy responses to the changing Afghan situation?
Answer: Taliban's capture of Kabul in August 2021
Explanation: Pakistan established the Afghan Policy Coordination Cell within the Foreign Office following the Taliban's capture of Kabul in August 2021, to coordinate the rapid policy response to the dramatic shift in Afghanistan's political landscape.
Q5. The Doha Agreement signed in 2020 between the US and Taliban is significant for Pakistan because it led to what consequence?
Answer: TTP found renewed sanctuary in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover in 2021
Explanation: The 2020 Doha Agreement set the timeline for the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which culminated in the Taliban takeover in August 2021 and subsequently provided renewed sanctuary to TTP fighters across the border.
Q6. The United States completed its final troop withdrawal spiral from Afghanistan during which month in 2021 when evacuation flights dominated global headlines?
Answer: August
Explanation: The chaotic US military withdrawal from Afghanistan culminated in August 2021 with evacuation flights from Kabul airport dominating global headlines; the last US troops departed on 30 August 2021.
Q7. Afghanistan shares its short land boundary with China across which slender Badakhshan panhandle students must separate from lowland Helmand imagery when marking blank maps?
Answer: Wakhan Corridor ridgeline segment
Explanation: The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow panhandle of Afghan territory that stretches eastward to share a short 76-km land boundary with China's Xinjiang region, historically significant as part of the Silk Road and strategically important in modern geopolitics.
Q8. After the 2021 Taliban takeover which United Nations political mission acronym still coordinates relief advocacy and Kabul focused diplomatic messaging about Afghan humanitarian stress?
Answer: UNAMA Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Explanation: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), established in 2002, remains the primary UN political presence coordinating humanitarian response, human rights advocacy, and diplomatic engagement with the Taliban-controlled government.
Q9. After the 2021 regime change which Swiss based trust style vehicle mainly safeguards a core slice of former Da Afghanistan Bank overseas reserves that Washington and allied overseers discuss when donors talk about principled asset protection?
Answer: A Fund structure in Switzerland protecting frozen sovereign reserves with foreign trustees
Explanation: After the Taliban's August 2021 takeover, a Swiss-based Fund for the Afghan People was established in 2022 under Swiss law with international trustees to hold and protect approximately $3.5 billion of frozen Da Afghanistan Bank reserves, shielding them from political misuse.
Q10. Since the Taliban returned to Kabul which senior Taliban diplomat most often fronts foreign ministry messaging on relations with neighbouring capitals wearing the acting minister title analysts quote in wire copy?
Answer: Amir Khan Muttaqi as acting Taliban foreign affairs chief
Explanation: Amir Khan Muttaqi has served as the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since August 2021, regularly engaging with neighboring capitals and international bodies despite the regime's lack of formal recognition.
Q11. The August 2021 suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport was claimed chiefly by which violent network rivals still use to scare students about jihadist fragmentation inside Taliban ruled Afghanistan?
Answer: Islamic State Khurasan Province known as ISIS K
Explanation: The 26 August 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, killing over 170 people including 13 US service members, was claimed by Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), highlighting intra-jihadist rivalry within Taliban-governed Afghanistan.
Q12. When the Taliban announced their caretaker cabinet in 2021 which senior cleric became acting prime minister of the Islamic Emirate though students often mix him up with security or foreign affairs ministers?
Answer: Mohammad Hassan Akhund cleric serving as acting prime minister
Explanation: Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a founding member of the Taliban and senior religious scholar, was announced as the Acting Prime Minister of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate caretaker cabinet in September 2021, with actual authority distributed among the Haqqani network and other senior figures.
Q13. Who served as Pakistan’s Foreign Minister during the main phase of government engagement with the Afghan Taliban after the 2021 takeover?
Answer: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Explanation: Shah Mahmood Qureshi served as Pakistan's Foreign Minister from August 2018 until April 2022, managing the critical phase of engagement with the Afghan Taliban during and after the 2021 takeover.
Q14. The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed in which month and year?
Answer: August 2021
Explanation: The United States completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, ending a 20-year military presence and transferring Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport back to Afghan authorities as the last US troops departed.
Q15. Pakistan’s main border crossing for overland trade with Afghanistan at Khyber is commonly known as what?
Answer: Torkham border crossing
Explanation: Torkham, located in Khyber district on the Durand Line, is Pakistan's busiest overland border crossing with Afghanistan, handling the largest volume of bilateral trade and transit traffic between the two countries.
Q16. The narrow Wakhan Corridor links Afghanistan primarily to which country?
Answer: China
Explanation: The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of Afghan territory, approximately 350 km long, that extends eastward to share a short border with China's Xinjiang region, historically significant as part of the Silk Road and a buffer zone between imperial powers.
Q17. In Aug-Sep 2021, international headlines tied to neighbours also affected Pakistan’s border and refugee planning. Which US decision is most central to that spike?
Answer: Final withdrawal from Afghanistan
Explanation: The US completed its final military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, triggering the rapid Taliban takeover, which directly impacted Pakistan's border security planning and renewed the flow of Afghan refugees into Pakistan.
Q18. Serial shallow thrust earthquakes in Herat Province in October 2023 levelled mud villages and overwhelmed charity field hospitals mainly inside which country?
Answer: Afghanistan
Explanation: A series of powerful shallow earthquakes struck Herat Province in western Afghanistan in October 2023, destroying entire villages built of mud-brick construction and killing thousands; Afghanistan's Taliban administration and international aid agencies struggled to respond.
Q19. Which Afghan factor has most directly complicated CPEC regional connectivity ambitions connecting Central Asia through Afghanistan to Pakistan?
Answer: The Taliban government's refusal to guarantee safe passage and security for transit trade routes through Afghan territory
Explanation: The Taliban government's inability or unwillingness to provide credible security guarantees for transit trade routes and infrastructure projects through Afghan territory has been the most direct obstacle to CPEC's regional connectivity ambitions, particularly the planned extension to Central Asia. Militant attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan also raise concerns about security across the broader corridor.
Q20. A Pakistani security analyst briefing the National Security Committee explains how SCO's counterterrorism architecture can address TTP threats from non-member Afghanistan. Which SCO mechanism most directly allows member states to jointly address threats emanating from non-member territories?
Answer: RATS information-sharing protocols and joint threat assessments covering non-member threats affecting the SCO security space
Explanation: The SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) operates as the primary mechanism for sharing intelligence, conducting joint threat assessments, and coordinating counter-terrorism responses among member states, including threats emanating from non-member territories like Afghanistan.