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Afghanistan War
Afghanistan War 1978-92, conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin) and Afghan government and Soviet forces. The conflict had its origins in the 1978 coup that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who had come to power by ousting the king in 1973. The pres... Read more
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden , 1957?-, Saudi-born leader of Al Qaeda [Arab.,=the base], a terrorist organization devoted to uniting all Muslims and establishing a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state. The youngest son of a wealthy Yemeni-born businessman, bin Laden was trained as a civil engineer (... Read more
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Iran on the west, by Pakistan on the east and south, and by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan on the north; a narrow strip,... Read more
Khyber Pass
Khyber Pass Mountain pass in the Safid Kuh range, on the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan, linking the Kabul valley in Afghanistan (w) with Peshawar in Pakistan (e). Height: 1073m (3520ft). Length: 50km (30mi).... Read more
Pul-i-Khumri
Pul-i-Khumri or Pol-e Khomri , town, capital of Baghlan prov., central Afghanistan. It is a trading center and a stopping place for trucks and caravans traveling to N Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics. ... Read more
Taliban
Taliban or Taleban , Islamic fundamentalist militia of Afghanistan and later Pakistan, originally consisting mainly of Sunni Pashtun religious students educated and trained in Pakistan. The Taliban emerged as a significant force in Afghanistan in 1994 when they were assigned by Pakistan to prote... Read more
Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah , c.1723-1773, Afghan ruler (1747-73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He co... Read more
Dost Muhammad
Dost Muhammad , 1793-1863, emir of Afghanistan. He and his family struggled to get the emirate for years before he finally succeeded in establishing himself in 1826. He waged continual war with the Sikhs, and trouble with the British, beginning in 1838, led to the first (1839-42) of the Afghan Wars.... Read more
Pathans
Pathans , group of seminomadic peoples consisting of more than 60 tribes, numbering approximately 10 million in Pakistan and 6 million in Afghanistan, where they form the dominate ethnic group (historically known as Afghans and now typically as Pashtuns). Pathans are Muslims and speak Pashto (or Pus... Read more
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev , 1931-, Soviet political leader. Born in the agricultural region of Stavropol, Gorbachev studied law at Moscow State Univ., where in 1953 he married a philosophy student, Raisa Maksimovna Titorenko (1932?-99). Returning to Stavropol, he moved gradually upward in the lo... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "President of Afghanistan"

Afghanistan: U.S. Intervention in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...States, was based in Afghanistan and was supported by...resolution authorizing President George W. Bush to...the reconstruction of Afghanistan. On the political...S. involvement in Afghanistan since 11 September...Administration, particularly to President Hamid Karzai, and...
Afghanistan
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Afghanistan Country statistics area...USA, fought the costly Afghanistan War (1979–...Burhanuddin Rabbani became president. In 1996 the fundamentalist...forces controlled 90% of Afghanistan. The United Nations...
Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...rebellion. Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev...officials also feared that Afghanistan's communist regime...the Soviet army into Afghanistan. The Soviet army seized...installing Babrak Karmal as president. Moscow claimed its...officially invited into Afghanistan. Through advisers...
Afghanistan: Islamic Movements in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN...movements were formed when Afghanistan established official madrasas...struggles against Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser. This...After the adoption of Afghanistan's 1964 liberal constitution...
Afghanistan War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Afghanistan War 1978-92...overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad...Babrak Karmal as president. The Soviet invasion...Feb., 1988, President Mikhail Gorbachev...The war left Afghanistan with severe political...
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...military forces entered Afghanistan and did not leave until...abandoned Marxism. It ruled Afghanistan until 1992, when its last president, Najibullah, resigned...Thomas T. Red Flag over Afghanistan: The Communist Coup, the...
Association for the Protection of Women's Rights (Afghanistan)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS (AFGHANISTAN) Afghan organization of...founded in 1927 in Kabul, Afghanistan, under the direction of...sister, Princess Kobra, its president, and Queen Soraya, Amanullah...part in the development of Afghanistan; to ensure women's right...
Taliban
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...TALIBAN Islamic fundamentalist group in Afghanistan. The Taliban appeared in Afghanistan in late 1994. In September 1996 they took Kabul and hanged Najibullah, Afghanistan's Soviet-sponsored president. Subsequently, they banned female...
Osama bin Laden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...invasion of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan War ) he went to Pakistan...the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, he returned to his family...assassination (1995) of Egyptian president Mubarak, to which bin Laden...reestablished himself in Afghanistan, where the extreme Islamic...
Democratic Organization of Afghan Women (1965)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) by Anahita...served as its first president. After the PDPA...Sarasari-Zanan-i-Afghanistan (All Afghanistan Women's Council...Firuza Wardak as president of the organization...

Dictionary entries related to "President of Afghanistan"

Afghanistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...disputes with Pakistan. Afghanistan became a parliamentary democracy...gained control of southern Afghanistan, including Kabul, and imposed...the country. In late 2001 Afghanistan came under heavy air attack...Hamid Karzai, who became President in 2002. Capital: Kabul...
Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Soviet troops moved into Afghanistan, setting off an international...arms, the administration of President Jimmy Carter curtailed U...his "Evil Empire" speech, President Ronald Reagan in 1982 noted...democratic nations that had invaded Afghanistan. He referred to forces seeking...
George W. Bush, Address to a Joint Session of Congress and The American People (20 September 2001)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...a free fall, President George W. Bush...extradition by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban faction. For President Bush, who had...launched an attack on Afghanistan and in the matter...Trade Center . THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker...
al-Qaeda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Headed by Osama Bin Laden...target in the War on Terrorism led by President George W. Bush . Al-Qaeda's fighters...the backbone of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and when the Taliban fell, many al...
Carter Doctrine
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of the shah of Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the same year, President James Earl Carter warned in his January 1980...and Wang, 1986. Max Paul Friedman See also Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of ; Arab Nations, Relations...
Musharraf, Pervez
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Chief Executive from 1999, and as President from 2001. Musharraf strove to...to fight the Taliban regime in Afghanistan which he had previously supported...Islamic fundamentalist groups in Afghanistan and the Kashmir .
9/11 Attack
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...triggered a months-long war in Afghanistan and an extended worldwide...was put on worldwide alert. President George W. Bush, attending...Louisiana and Nebraska, as Vice President Dick Cheney supervised operations...and that it was operating in Afghanistan under the protection of the...
Uzbekistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the south and east are Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Physical...the Alai Mountains on the border with Afghanistan. At the foot of these lie the fertile...Islamic Renaissance Party claimed that President Karimov was trying to unseat the Mufti...
Pakistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...bounded by Iran on the west, Afghanistan on the north-west, China...India. Muhammad Ali JINNAH , President of the MUSLIM LEAGUE , became...With the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, over 3 million refugees...Sharif was re-elected President in 1997. In 1998 Pakistan...
War on Terrorism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...terrorists. It was on this basis that Afghanistan became the first nation to be targeted...the War on Terrorism would go after Afghanistan. In early 2002, the Bush administration...sought to deny. Despite these problems, President Bush remained hugely popular in the...

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Profile: Afghanistan elections
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 10/8/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Iraq, points to Afghanistan as a foreign policy...Edwards, Vice President Dick Cheney noted...aftermath of the war in Afghanistan. Among them...assistance force for Afghanistan despite appeals to do so by President Karzai. Mr. BARNETT...
Chronology: Afghanistan
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...26: Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai announced that he would run in Afghanistan's presidential elections...school in southern Afghanistan killed at least 10...reportedly used by President Karzai. A Taliban...Waradesh in eastern Afghanistan. [BBC, 9/1] Sept...
Afghanistan faces 'long struggle'.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 12/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...Bush, the US president, has said that...stability to Afghanistan will be a long...Obama, the US president-elect, takes...more troops in Afghanistan, but said decisions...more troops. President-elect Obama...
AFGHANISTAN - Jan 17 - Allies Consider Extra Troops For Afghanistan.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 1/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...administration has neglected Afghanistan because of its preoccupation...return from Iraq and Afghanistan this week, Hillary...considering running for president in 2008, argued for...send more troops to Afghanistan. "This is the great...
Afghanistan 'top priority' for US.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 1/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...challenge right now is Afghanistan," Robert Gates...Qaeda forces. "President Obama has made it clear that the Afghanistan theatre should...Obama, the US president, seem to have...US commander in Afghanistan has requested...
Afghanistan could become failed state.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/14/2007; 700+ words ; ...spending to challenge President Bush's policies in...redirecting funds toward Afghanistan in a last-ditch effort...Schneider, senior vice president of the International...weeks ago, as Vice President Dick Cheney was ensconced...U.S. air base in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber...
Afghanistan 20 years after the Soviet withdrawal.
Newspaper article from: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); 2/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...spread all over Afghanistan and have also been...weak government of President Hamid Karzai has...It looks like President Karzai has been...involvement in Afghanistan during the Soviet...the then Pakistan President Ghulam Ishaq Khan...Islamic republic in Afghanistan.eIN I responded...
Afghanistan -- World Bank offers up to USD100 million budget support challenges donors to match with co-financing.
M2 Presswire; 4/12/2002; 700+ words ; ...direct budget support to the Afghanistan Interim Administration and...Implementation Group for Afghanistan's Reconstruction in Kabul...Nishimizu, World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region...In response to this, Afghanistan Interim Administration Vice...
Pakistan, Afghanistan should make good friends not bad neighbors: experts
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...that Karzai will be reelected as the president of Afghanistan, which will help maintain the continuity...the moment the Americans want a puppet president in Afghanistan, so they will not let President Karzai lose and they will use all sources...
AFGHANISTAN-REPORT: NATO IS WINNING BATTLES BUT LOSING WAR.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 2/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...those for Iraq." Both the Afghanistan Study Group and the Atlantic...civil society efforts in Afghanistan. On an international level...attendance Wednesday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed reservations...creation of a special envoy to Afghanistan -- referred to as the Afghanistan...