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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 ...U.S. interest in Afghanistan was renewed as it became...States, was based in Afghanistan and was supported by...resolution authorizing President George W. Bush to...Administration, particularly to President Hamid Karzai, and...gain credibility in Afghanistan, in part because many...
Afghanistan
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...the USA, fought the costly Afghanistan War (1979–89...Burhanuddin Rabbani became president. In 1996 the fundamentalist...forces controlled 90% of Afghanistan. The United Nations (UN...launched air strikes against Afghanistan after the Taliban refused...
Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...people into rebellion. Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev was angered...officials also feared that Afghanistan's communist regime might...send the Soviet army into Afghanistan. The Soviet army seized...been officially invited into Afghanistan. Through advisers, the...
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, conflict...that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan...Massoud. The war left Afghanistan with severe political...unable to unite, and Afghanistan became divided into spheres...
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 ...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...States. In its camps in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda trained a decentralized...
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 seized...Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). Ratebzad...journal, Zanan-i-Afghanistan (Women of Afghanistan...

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 ...AFGHANISTAN, SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, SOVIET INVASION OF. At...Soviet troops moved into Afghanistan, setting off an international...arms, the administration of President Jimmy Carter curtailed U...nations that had invaded Afghanistan. He referred to forces seeking...
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...
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 .
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...
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...
George W. Bush, Address to a Joint Session of Congress and The American People (20 September 2001)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...immediate extradition by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban faction...States launched an attack on Afghanistan and in the matter of a few...World Trade Center . THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of...normal course of events, Presidents come to this chamber to...
Tadzhikistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...which spilt over into neighbouring Afghanistan, where Tadzhiks formed the second largest...parliamentary chambers were created, and the President's term of office was extended to seven...Terrorism broke out in neighbouring Afghanistan. It provided for the return of Afghan...
Carter Doctrine
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the same year, President James Earl Carter warned in...Pakistan to Egypt. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush invoked...Max Paul Friedman See also Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of ; Arab...

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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...
Afghanistan Needs China and Russia.
Newspaper article from: Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates); 9/19/2009; 700+ words ; ...India eI| is imperative. Afghanistan is an area of vital interest...trafficking and terrorism. President Hamid Karzai has been a regular...initiatives that concern Afghanistan. The convening of a special...confirmed the unique status Afghanistan has obtained. The SCO and...
AFGHANISTAN'S PRESIDENT NOTES PROGRESS, PROBLEMS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/21/2006; 700+ words ; ...efforts to derail that progress, Afghanistan's president told the United Nations General...a successful and prosperous Afghanistan as a knockout blow for their...occurred in some areas of southern Afghanistan, where terrorists are preventing...
Afghanistan Backers Press on Rebuilding
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...national army to bolster President Hamid Karzai's fragile...authority. Delegates from Afghanistan and 31 other countries...Image Caption: Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai gestures...Conference Rebuilding Afghanistan: Peace and Stability...
Afghanistan faces 'long struggle'.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 1/1/2009; 700+ words ; ...AM George Bush, the US president, has said that restoring stability to Afghanistan will be a long-term...a lot better today in Afghanistan than they were in 2001...assistance' Karzai said that Afghanistan was grateful for the American...
Afghanistan 20 years after the Soviet withdrawal.
Newspaper article from: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); 2/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...have spread all over Afghanistan and have also been...weak government of President Hamid Karzai has not...with the then Pakistan President Ghulam Ishaq Khan...Islamic republic in Afghanistan.eIN I responded that...would instead eIuturn Afghanistan into an Islamic cemetery...
AFGHANISTAN'S SOLUTION PRIMARILY POLITICAL, NOT MILITARY, GENERAL SAYS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...radical Islamists operating in Afghanistan will be won, despite the...insurgency will not win in Afghanistan," Army Gen. David D...in Washington to meet with President Bush, Defense Secretary...governmentwide review of Afghanistan operations and strategy...
Afghanistan Turns to India for Advice
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/16/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...tragedy that has visited Afghanistan? During the five years the...bombing campaign began, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf lobbied...on Tuesday: The people of Afghanistan want to lay down their Kalashnikovs...tractors plowing the fields of Afghanistan. They are looking to India...
Afghanistan 'top priority' for US.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 1/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...challenge right now is Afghanistan, Robert Gates told the...and al-Qaeda forces. President Obama has made it clear that the Afghanistan theatre should be our top...and that policy aims in Afghanistan must remain basic. We...
Afghanistan and the United States.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...country in 1944 by President Franklin Roosevelt...in the 1970s, Afghanistan was considered...the new interim president and leader of Afghanistan. The United States...Karzai was elected president of Afghanistan.