Afghanistan is positioned in the Middle East, a recognized geographical region of southwestern Asia, and is situated in both the northern and eastern hemispheres. Afghanistan is bordered by the countries of China, Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity; the earthquake was a disaster.
Definition of plague. 1  an annoyance; those children are a damn plague. 2  any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 3  a swarm of insects that attack plants; a plague of grasshoppers. 4  any epidemic disease with a high death rate.