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| | U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) |
 | | United States Central Command's Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes 25 nations, ranging from Egypt in the West to Pakistan in the East, from Kazakhstan in the North to Kenya and the Horn of Africa in the South. |
 | | The 25 countries within the AOR are: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. |
 | | It remains, as it has for centuries, a region of diversity, with different cultures, religions, economic conditions, demographics, and forms of government. |
| www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/dod/centcom.htm (969 words) |
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