"Afghanistan" is a popular song written by Harry Donnelly and William A. Wilander and published by Gilbert & Friedland Inc. in 1920.

It has notably been recorded by Zez Confrey,[1] Prince's Dance Orchestra,[2][3] and the Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony.

[4] The song was written by Harry Donnelly and William A. Wilander.

It tells a story about Afghanistan of an Afghan Hindu woman and a man seeking to marry her, evoking imagery of elephants, temples, and the Afghan landscape.

[5][6][7] The cover art was drawn by noted sheet music cover artists the Starmers.