Answer: Afghanistan is not mentioned as such but in Bible times, specifically the Old Testament, the area would have been under the rule of the Persian Empire and was the homeland of the Medes, then known as Bactria.
Later the general area became part of the empoire of Alexander the Great, followed by the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Emoires but retained its identity as Bactria.
The country of Turkey in biblical times was called Asia Minor. It was also called Anatolia.
Pakistan was not called anything during Biblical times. That area of the world was referred to as the Persian Empire.
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The name Persia actually comes from the Biblical Hebrew "Pars" (פרס). Therefore Persia is the Biblical name for the region.
In ancient Times, they followed a monolatrous religion that worshipped God, also called Biblical Judaism, today, they follow modern forms of Judaism.
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In Biblical times, the tree that bore the almond was called the Luz.
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