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Afghanistan History:     more books (100)

Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires: A New History of the Borderland by David Isby, 2010-04-13 Histories Are Mirrors: The Path of Conflict through Iraq and Afghanistan Afghanistan: The People (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures) by Erinn Banting, 2003-03 Toughing It Out in Afghanistan by Michael O'Hanlon, Hassina Sherjan, 2010-02-01 Boots on the Ground: Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan by Amb. James F. Dobbins, 2008-07-31 Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (Open Media) by Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls, 2006-09-15 Conflicts in Iraq And Afghanistan (Wars That Changed American History) by Robin S. Doak, 2006-07-30 Afghanistan (Current Controversies) Building a New Afghanistan Arms Against Fury: Magnum Photographers in Afghanistan Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal by Diego Cordovez, Selig S. Harrison, 1995-06-29 Drugs in Afghanistan: Opium, Outlaws and Scorpion Tales by David Macdonald, 2007-01-20 Love and War in Afghanistan by Alexander Klaits, Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits, 2006-06-01

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21. MapZones.com History
    Afghanistan Maps. Afghanistan Culture. afghanistan history. Afghanistan Economy. Afghanistan Provinces. Afghanistan Time and Date. Afghanistan, History, Back to Top.  
    http://www.mapzones.com/world/middle_east/afghanistan/historyindex.php
    
    Extractions: Country Info Afghanistan Introduction Afghanistan General Data Afghanistan Maps Afghanistan Culture ... Afghanistan Time and Date Afghanistan History Back to Top Afghanistan's History, internal political development, foreign relations, and very existence as an independent state have largely been determined by its geographic location at the crossroads of Central, West, and South Asia. Over the centuries, waves of migrating peoples passed through the regiondescribed as a "roundabout of the ancient world," by historian Arnold Toynbeeleaving behind a mosaic of ethnic and linguistic groups. In modern times, as well as in antiquity, vast armies of the world passed through Afghanistan, temporarily establishing local control and often dominating Iran and northern India. Islam played a key role in the formation of Afghan history as well. Despite the Mongol invasion of Afghanistan in the early thirteenth century which has been described as resembling "more some brute cataclysm of the blind forces of nature than a phenomenon of human history," even a warrior as formidable as Genghis Khan did not uproot Islamic civilization, and within two generations his heirs had become Muslims. An often unacknowledged event that nevertheless played an important role in Afghan history (and in the politics of Afghanistan's neighbors and the entire region up to the present) was the rise in the tenth century of a strong Sunni dynastythe Ghaznavids. Their power prevented the eastward spread of Shiism from Iran, thereby insuring that the majority of the Muslims in Afghanistan and South Asia would be Sunnis.

22. Afghanistan History
    History Last updated in April 2003. I. History up to the establishment of Afghanistan. 652. Arab troops invade Afghan territory. A  
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23. Afghanistan History
    Afghanistan. History. Last updated in April 2003. I. History up to the establishment of Afghanistan. 652. Arab troops invade Afghan territory.  
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24. Afghanistan, Afghanistan Hotels, Afghanistan Maps, Afghanistan News, Afghanistan
    complete Afghanistan Travel Information on the web Afghanistan Hotels, Afghanistan Maps, Afghanistan News, afghanistan history, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan  
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    Extractions: Kandahar Mazar-e-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif - Afghanistan Travel and Afghanistan Tourism Information is for Traveler's finding the most complete Afghanistan Travel Information on the web - Afghanistan Hotels, Afghanistan Maps, Afghanistan News, Afghanistan History, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Woman - Everything you want to know about Afghanistan traveling and more - Afghanistan is located in south asia - also is considered in the middle east by some - It is not a particularly safe place to visit for tourists until the Government is more stable - Afghanistan is bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikstan - On the northeast if touches China - to the east and south is Pakistan - and to the west is Iran - The Capial is Kabul - Travel Vacations/Packages Travel Insurance

25. Afghanistan History
    A great information site about afghanistan history in English, Swedish, Persian or Dari and Pashto. History Geography Economy Languages  
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26. Afghanistan History In Persian
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27. North Carolina Center For South Asia Studies - Afghanistan History Conference
    NCCSAS Seminars Speakers afghanistan history Conference afghanistan history Conference. Boundaries, States, and Nations on  
    http://www.ncsu.edu/tsac/seminars/afghanistan.html

28. Afghanistan History Of Afghanistan Study Of Afghanistan Country Of Afghanistan A
    afghanistan history of Afghanistan Study of Afghanistan Country of Afghanistan discussed in the Arkansas Encyclopedia of famous Arkansans, landmarks, state  
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    Extractions: Home Free Offers Directory A ... Z The Islamic State of Afghanistan (افغانستان in Persian and Pashto ) is a landlocked country in Central Asia . It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the easternmost part of the country. Until the nation has its first general election (projected for June ), it continues to be referred to by the West as the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan Main article: History of Afghanistan Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of Central Asia , has had a turbulent history. Through the ages, Afghanistan has been occupied by many forces. A separate Afghan nation came into existence in 1746 as the Durrani Empire , but control was ceded to the United Kingdom until King Amanullah acceded to throne in . Since then, the country has known many governments and several civil wars. The ruler of Afghanistan belonged to the Abdali tribal group, whose name was changed to Dorrani on the accession of Ahmad Shah . They belonged either to the Saddozay segment of the Popalzay clan or to the Mohammadzay segment of the Barakzay clan . The Mohammadzay furnished the Saddozay kings frequently with top counselors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.

29. Afghanistan History
    And while some history books refer to this time of Afghanistan’s history as one where attempts were made to “modernize” the country – all this really  
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    Extractions: A Brief History of Afghanistan: By Adam Ritscher The story of Afghanistan is in so many ways a very tragic one. Afghanistan is one of the most impoverished nations of the world. It is one of the most war-torn, most ravaged, and most beleaguered of nations. It is a nation that has been beset by invasion, external pressure and internal upheaval since before the time of Alexander the Great. Its people are a people who have endured more than most of us can ever imagine. In fact, for many Afghanis, all that has changed in the last one thousand years are the weapons which have been used against so many of them. It is therefore with great sadness and respect that I tell the story of Afghanistan. First of all, who are the Afghanis? Afghanistan has historically been the link between Central Asia, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent. It is therefore a nation made up of many different nationalities – the result of innumerable invasions and migrations. Within its current borders there are at least a dozen major ethnic groups – Baluch, Chahar Aimak, Turkmen, Hazara, Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Nuristani, Arab, Kirghiz, Pashai and Persian. Historically the Pashtun nationality has been the most dominant. The term Afghan, for example, generally is viewed by other peoples in the country to refer to the Pashtuns. The royal families of the country were Pashtun, and today the Pashtun represent about 50% of the total population. Tajiks come in second with 25%, and the rest make up considerably smaller percentages.

30. Terrorism - Afghanistan And U.S. Foreign Policy
    Keeping the lessons from recent afghanistan history, Bush and his team need to aim not only for justice in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, but also for  
    http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/afghanistan-history.cfm
    
    Extractions: Oct. 5, 2001 Printer-Friendly Version In his statements and speeches since Sept. 11, U.S. President George W. Bush has been careful to distinguish the members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization and the Taliban, from the people of Afghanistan and Muslims of the world. Still, with military action in Afghanistan expected soon, it is necessary to look hard at Afghanistan's past two decades of turmoil and seek to learn lessons from that past. And while there are many factors leading to the dismal situation of Afghanistan today, it also is the case that missteps in U.S. foreign policy are, in part, to blame. U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, Russia and the region during the 1980s helped, at least indirectly, nurture the growth of anti-American and fundamentalist forces now controlling Kabul, and indeed, even some of the terrorists now being sought by the United States for the Sept. 11 attacks against New York and Washington. In planning for intervention in Afghanistan now, the Bush administration must work hard to avoid the mistakes of the past.

31. Afghanistan History And George Orwell
    Back to Index. afghanistan history and George Orwell. This applies perfectly to our history textbook project and takes us to Afghanistan and its history.  
    http://wais.stanford.edu/Afganistan/afghanistan_historyandgeorgeorwell21102.html
    
    Extractions: Back to Index John Heelan of the UK comments on my observation: "In the Western Hemisphere, the US must assume almost total responsibility. In Africa and Eurasia, except for East and Southeast Asia, the EU should assume the leadership, with the strong backing of the US. Whether the EU has reached a point where it can assume that responsibility remains to be seen". John says this reminds him of George Orwell's San Francisco Chronicle has published an article about the library at San Francisco State University. The shelves are abandoned. The students are doing all their work on line. This makes more and more sense. I have a large library, including the huge Oxford English Dictionary . It is simpler to use the online version, so the printed book just sits there. It is hard to realize how much information in available on line. I checked Google for George Orwell, and up came 143,000 entries!! Would Orwell have been happy? Ronald Hilton - 2/11/02

32. Afghanistan History...info Please
    afghanistan history information please. Everyone is talking about Afghanistan, but before September 11, most Americans did not even know where it is.  
    http://wais.stanford.edu/Afganistan/afghanistan_historyinfoplease112301.html
    
    Extractions: Back to Index Everyone is talking about Afghanistan, but before September 11, most Americans did not even know where it is. Our knowledge of that whole area is very thin. I erred when I said that the Pashtuns used to be called Parthians. In fact they were Pathans, a neighboring tribe. What the relationship is between these two tribes with almost identical names in I do not know. I suspect that they may be the same. Today the Pathans are known as Pashtu in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In all, the Pathans constitute one of the largest tribal groupings in the world. Ronald Hilton - 11/23/01

33. Afghanistan  History
    Contemporary History. the British, the Afghans concluded a treaty of friendship with the new Bolshevik regime in the Soviet Union; Afghanistan thereby became  
    http://www.hawca.org/afghanhis.htm
    
    Extractions: Source: www.britannica.com Afghan Civil War Afghan Geography Afghan Customs Afghan Daily News Variations on the word "Afghan" may go back as early as a 3rd-century-AD S a s a nian reference to "Abgan." The earliest Muslim reference to the Afghans probably dates to AD 982, but tribes related to the modern Afghans have lived in the region for many generations. For millennia, the land now called Afghanistan has been the meeting place of four cultural and ecological areas: the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. Prehistory Paleolithic peoples probably roamed Afghanistan as early as 100,000 BC. The earliest definite evidence of human occupation was found in the cave of Darra-i-Kur in Badakhsh a n, where a transitional Neanderthal skull fragment in association with Mousterian-type tools was discovered; the remains are of the Middle Paleolithic, dating about 30,000 years ago. Caves near A q Kopr u k yielded evidence of an early Neolithic culture ( c.

34. Afghanistan History
    Afghan history. For millennia, the land now called Afghanistan has been the meeting place of four cultural and ecological areas the Middle East, Central Asia  
    http://digilander.libero.it/Capellone76/af_storia.htm
    
    Extractions: Variations on the word "Afghan" may go back as early as a 3rd-century-AD S a s a nian reference to "Abgan." The earliest Muslim reference to the Afghans probably dates to AD 982, but tribes related to the modern Afghans have lived in the region for many generations. For millennia, the land now called Afghanistan has been the meeting place of four cultural and ecological areas: the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. Prehistory Paleolithic peoples probably roamed Afghanistan as early as 100,000 BC. The earliest definite evidence of human occupation was found in the cave of Darra-i-Kur in Badakhsh a n, where a transitional Neanderthal skull fragment in association with Mousterian-type tools was discovered; the remains are of the Middle Paleolithic, dating about 30,000 years ago. Caves near A q Kopr u k yielded evidence of an early Neolithic culture ( c. 9000-6000 BC) based on domesticated animals. Archaeological research since World War II has revealed Bronze Age sites, dating both before and after the Indus Valley (or Harapp a n) civilization of the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BC. There was trade with Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt, the main export from the Afghan area being lapis lazuli from the mines of Badakhshan. In addition, a site with definite links to the Harapp

35. Books On Afghanistan
    Books on afghanistan history History, Culture, Travel and War from Brough s Books. Search Books on afghanistan history. Bestsellers in Afghan History.  
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36. Books On Afghanistan - UK Bookshop
    Books on afghanistan history History, Culture, Travel and War from Brough s Books. Search Books on afghanistan history. afghanistan history on DVD.  
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37. Terrorismfiles.org : Afghanistan History, Terrorismfiles.org
    STATESPONSORED TERRORISM afghanistan history, back to Afghanistan. History Located just northwest of the modern day India, Afghanistan  
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    Extractions: Located just northwest of the modern day India, Afghanistan has long served as the northwestern border and gateway for the Indian civilization. Various Indian emperors have ruled the region over the last 3,000 years and its close relations with the rest of India have been well documented by historians. The Hindukush Mountains in the west and Himalayas in the north and northeast served as the borders for India; Afghanistan was an integral part of the Indian kingdoms at various times during its history. In the fourth century B.C.E., Taxila and Kandahar formed important centers of commerce and education for the empire of Ashoka the Great. In fact, Taxila was one of the first universities to be founded in India. In those days, the entire region of today's Afghanistan and northern Pakistan was called Gandhar, after which an important stream of Indian art painting and sculptures has been named. The area was also an important center for Buddhism in its early days and several ancient statues of Buddha and other artifacts of Buddhism are still found in the region.

38. Afghanistan: History Repeats As U.S. Finds Unlikely Allies
    Issue 2, 27 November 2001 afghanistan history Repeats as US Finds Unlikely Allies by Jeff Kunerth Orlando Sentinel, Florida, 21 Oct 2001.  
    http://www.eclipsereview.org/issue2/historyrepeats.htm
    
    Extractions: by Jeff Kunerth Orlando Sentinel , Florida, 21 Oct 2001 If politics makes strange bedfellows, foreign policy sometimes means sleeping with the devil. And that's what the United States did when it allied itself with Osama bin Laden and other Islamic militants in the 1980s. The United States helped build some of the terrorist facilities it is now destroying in Afghanistan. The Central Intelligence Agency trained Islamic militants on the use of explosives and the concept of "strategic sabotage" – picking targets with a symbolic significance. Altogether, the United States poured an estimated $3 billion in arms, training and financial support to mujahedeen guerrillas in efforts to drive the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. Thousands of those trained by the CIA and the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI were Islamic radicals recruited from Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, China, the Philippines and the Chechnya republic in the Soviet Union. "The Islamic fundamentalists would not be in power in Afghanistan if not for U.S. intervention," said William Blum, author of Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II. "The CIA orchestrated the symphony. They brought in warriors from over a dozen Muslim countries who were trained and armed." Blum contends that the United States was so blinded by its obsession to bring down the Soviet Union that it ignored the anti-Western ideology of Islamic militants such as bin Laden.

39. CapitalSources Afghanistan History
    afghanistan history of Government rule since post Soviet withdrawal.  
    http://www.capitalvenue.com/CS-Afghanistan-History.htm
    
    Extractions: Following the retreat of the Soviet troops in 1989, and the subsequent fragmentation of political authority and civil war between opposing military factions, provincial warlords gained control of the mineral and productive resources in their territories, diverting the associated revenues from central government to themselves, and started collecting large amounts of off-budget taxes and fees.

40. Education News & Resources At The Times Educational Supplement
    afghanistan history. In our resource sheets covering Afghanistan s history, based on Martin McCauley s book Afghanistan and Central Asia , you can read  
    http://www.tes.co.uk/afghanistan/teaching_resources.asp?id=13721

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