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Afghanistan
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Afghan Network 
 Whether you need information on Afghan geography, culture, religion, flags, or cookery, you will find it at this website. This Canadian site also lists information about landmines and Afghan hounds, and provides some examples of Dari poetry. http://www.afghan-network.net/ Topics: Recipes by Region, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 11, 2005 The Afghan Womens' Mission (AWM)
This organization was "founded in response to the compelling need for adequate hospital facilities in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan." The website includes background information about the Afghan refugee crisis, an image gallery, current news, and electronic postcards highlighting the plight of women in Afghanistan. AWM is a project of IHC (International Humanities Center) and works closely with the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). http://afghanwomensmission.org/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, Women Last updated Aug 11, 2005 Afghanistan and the US: Selected Internet Resources
A collection of briefly annotated links. Topics include general information, rebuilding Afghanistan, political parties and groups, government statements, voices of peace, research and analysis, effects of the U.S. war, human rights, al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden, Taliban, Afghans in diaspora, and news sources and online journals. From the South/Southeast Asia Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/afghan_US.html Topics: September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism Last updated Aug 16, 2005 Afghanistan for Kids
The authors and their children lived in Kabul between 1967 and 1969. Includes sections on counting, an "Afghan Speakeasy" with phrases in Farsi, and a collection of stories featuring Mullah Nasrudin, a favorite character in stories throughout all of the Middle East. There are also articles about food and clothing, and a photo album. Geared to grammar school-aged children. http://www.public.asu.edu/~apnilsen/afghanistan4kids/index2.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 19, 2003 Afghanistan Online
News, economy, culture, geography, politics, history, and sports are among the many topics covered at this site. Special features include a collection of materials on human rights and Afghan women, a photo gallery, a collection of recipes (in culture section), and links to other Afghan resources. Searchable. http://www.afghan-web.com/index.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Apr 24, 2005 Afghanistan Reconstruction Project: Constitution Resource Page
This site features browsable "commentaries and documents on the drafting of a new constitution for Afghanistan. These include options papers commissioned by CIC's Afghanistan Reconstruction Project. In most cases, the original paper is in English. Translations into Dari and Pashto are posted as they become available." Also includes related links. From the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University (NYU). http://www.cic.nyu.edu/afghanistan/constitution.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Dec 18, 2006 Afghanistan Unveiled
Focusing on the "first team of women video journalists to be trained in Afghanistan," this Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Independent Lens documentary looks at "the effects on Afghan women of the Taliban's oppressive rule and the United States-sponsored bombing campaign." Includes features on the training and on Afghan women's rights, a timeline, video clips, related readings, and educator resources. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/afghanistanunveiled/ Topics: Communications, News, September 11 & Beyond, Women Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Afghanistan: A Country Study
This publication has considerable detail on history through 1995, as well as a link to a 2006 update. Includes the country's rulers, the Taliban, politics, the natural environment, ethnic groups, religion, education, health, and refugees. From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 15, 2006 Afghanistan: Photographs from Keystone Mast
Contains 30 photographs of Afghanistan, taken in 1933. Includes text originally printed on the back of each stereo card. Features images of streets, people, homes, and landscapes. From the Keystone Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/afghan/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Afghanistan: The Harrison Forman Collection
This online exhibit of nearly 200 photographs "documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s, several years before the civil unrest of the 1970s and 80s, the Soviet invasion, and the Taliban rule." The collection is organized into six categories: architecture, history, land, people, settlements, and transportation. Contains an interactive map that shows images from Kabul, Hindu Kush, and Mazar-e Sharif. From The American Geographical Society Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/afghan/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated May 1, 2007 Analysis: Who are the Taleban?
This December 2000 report covers the origins of the Islamic fundamentalist group. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/144382.stm Topics: Faiths, September 11 & Beyond Last updated May 22, 2005 Artist to Recreate Afghan Buddhas
Feature on the plans of artist Hiro Yamagata to recreate, with multicolored laser images, the Bamiyan Buddhas, "1,600-year-old statues, which stood on the Silk Road in the Bamiyan Valley ... [of Afghanistan until they were] destroyed by the Taleban in 2001." Includes a video clip and links to related news stories about the Bamiyan Buddhas. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4134252.stm Topics: Art by Region, Faiths, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 17, 2005 Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
Traces the history of Afganistan from the late 19th century until prior to the arrival of the Taliban. Follows the lives and dreams of three politically important men (Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad). Includes glossary and bibliography. Searchable. Full text of David B. Edwards book of same title, published by the University of California Press. From "California: The University of California Press eScholarship Editions," a part of the California Digital Library. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3p30056w/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 3, 2003 Former Afghan King Returns to Kabul
An April 18, 2002 account of the return from exile of Mohammad Zahir Shah, former king of Afghanistan. From CNN.com. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/17/afghan.king/ Topics: Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds, Heads of State, Notable People: Government, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 17, 2004 hazara.net
Living mainly in central and northern Afghanistan, the Hazara are an ethnic group persecuted under the Taliban regime. Information and link topics include Hazaristan's history, political situation, the massacre of thousands of Hazaras by the Taliban in Mazar-e Sharif in August 1998, maps, and picture galleries of Hazara people and places. http://www.hazara.net/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 23, 2002 IAVA: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
"The nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans" The site features soldier profiles and stories, discussions of issues facing the troops (such as wounded soldiers and private contractors), photographs, and videos. Also includes a blog. http://www.iava.org/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism, U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 28, 2007 Indepth: Friendly Fire
News and analysis about Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan in April 2003 in an alleged American "friendly fire" situation. (Friendly fire is the "casualty circumstance applicable to persons killed in action or wounded in action mistakenly or accidentally by friendly forces actively engaged with the enemy.") Also includes information about hearings under the American military justice system, video and audio clips, and related documents. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/friendlyfire/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism Last updated Nov 10, 2004 An Introduction of the Taliban
The Institute for Afghan Studies provides the full text of this fall 2000 report. "In this brief introduction, we will try to answer who the Taliban are by discussing the historical context of their rise. Second, we will discuss their goals, policies, and practices." http://www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org/AFGHAN%20CONFLICT/TALIBAN/intro%5Fkakar.htm Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 11, 2005 Law Library of Congress: Afghanistan
Annotated links to government documents and related information about Afghanistan, including constitutions, executive branch, courts, laws, legal guides, and country studies and general resources. From the Law Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/afghanistan.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 2, 2008 The Long War Journal
Blog of embedded journalist Bill Roggio, "covering the advances of U.S. led efforts in the War on Terror, and the stabilizing of Iraq and Afghanistan." Archives go back to 2004. Includes links to published articles, recommended reading, and related websites. http://www.longwarjournal.org/ Topics: Politics by Place, September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 1, 2007 Profile: Ex-king Zahir Shah
An October 2001 article on the life of Mohammad Zahir Shah, who returned to Afghanistan in April 2002 after 28 years in exile. From BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1573181.stm Topics: Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds, Heads of State, Notable People: Government, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 11, 2005 Q&A: Democracy in Afghanistan
Questions and answers about the October 9, 2004, presidential election in Afghanistan. Features links to profiles of the main candidates, and articles about methods for promoting voter registration and participation and related topics. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3238271.stm Topics: Politics, Politics by Place, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 6, 2004 The September 11th Sourcebooks: National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
The sourcebooks, created in late 2001, cover terrorism, Afghanistan, anthrax, biological warfare, King Zahir, and Osama bin Laden; documents from the State Department and other government sources, some decades old, are accompanied by modern commentary from the staff of George Washington University’s National Security Archive. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/ Topics: Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds, Infectious Diseases, Notable People: Government, September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Weapons Last updated Sep 12, 2002 A Tour to Bamiyan
"This presentation has been put together to celebrate the beauty and power of the statues of the Bamiyan Buddhas that were located in Afghanistan" until they were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Features numerous views of the giant stone Buddha sculptures and the surrounding rock cut sanctuaries and caves. From the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Chicago. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/aiis/bamiyan/sld001.html Topics: Art by Region, Faiths, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 17, 2005 Understanding Afghanistan: Land in Crisis
Maps, photographs, and lesson plans from National Geographic. Includes an extensive bibliography of the magazine's maps and articles (with few available online) about Afghanistan, terrorist attacks, Islam, rescue work, and other topics. There is also an archived Webcast of "National Geographic Explores a Changing World," a film screening and panel discussion on the Middle East and Afghanistan after the events of September 11, 2001. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/ Topics: Lesson Plans, Maps, Maps by Place, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 10, 2005 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Country Office Afghanistan: Reports and Surveys
Reports on topics such as opium poppy production (annual back to 2000), a farmers' intentions survey, and an assessment of drug use in Kabul. Also includes links to a fact sheet about drugs and crime in Afghanistan and to related information. From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). http://www.unodc.org/afg/en/reports_surveys.html Topics: Crime, Drugs, Drugs & Medications by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated May 25, 2005 War Report: Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
Selected links to news stories, articles, documents, and analyses. Compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives, a program of the Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. http://www.comw.org/warreport/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 6, 2003 Windfalls of War: U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq
Report on U.S. companies that received U.S. government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The findings come from "the three agencies that awarded most of the Iraq and Afghanistan contracts in 2002 and 2003 — the Pentagon, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development." Browse statistics on contractors by country, amount of contract, campaign contributions, and other factors. Includes updates, commentary, and analysis. From the Center for Public Integrity. http://projects.publicintegrity.org/wow/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 29, 2008 |
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