Afghans are very talented and expert in cooking as well as unique in hospitality. They love to have guests and serve them several different foods with passion of hospitality. Unexpected guests might be seen as rude or an appropriate in western culture, but not in Afghan culture. Guests are welcomed in families and served well. To not have food for them would be unheard of and uncommon even in the most tough times. Also coming away hungry from an Afghan table or from somebody's house simply never happens, no matter how little preparation the host has. Each part of the country has it’s own food and cooking style. In the past, before the war, if you were traveling from one part of the country to another and in the middle of the trip you became hungry or thirsty, or your car breaks down and you have no where to go, no hotels or anything around, you could easily knock somebody’s door and ask for something to eat or drink. The owner of the house would welcome you with out knowing who you are or where you are from. Or even if you did not have a place to spend the night he would give you a space to stay in his house. During the Russian invasion people have helped the Mujahideen (Fighters) by giving them food and providing them shelter to fight against the Soviet no matter who they were. Afghanistan has a lot of different types of delicious dishes. I can name a couple of the most special and common ones here. The typical Afghanistan food which most people like and are famous by the names and tastes are:
