Climate

Afghanistan has many different weather climates in the winter and summer. The summers are very hot and dry. Winter is very cold. In Afghanistan the climate is arid to semiarid. In the winters, there can be severe blizzards in the mountains. The temperature and precipitation are controlled by the exchange of air masses. In Afghanistan the weather is very different than what we have in Iowa.
 * Afghanistan Climate**

source: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/Afghanistan.