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Afghanistan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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, the Vakhan (Wakhan), extends in the northeast along Pakistan to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. The capital and largest city is Kabul . Land and People The great mass of the country is steep-sloped with mountains, the ranges fanning out from the towering Hindu Kush (reaching... Read more
Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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area:

652,090sq km (251,773sq mi) 24,405,000

capital (population):

Kabul... Read more

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Afghanistan in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beitrage zur Afghanistanforschung
; Afghanistan in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beit6ige zur Afghanistanforschung...Almut WielandKarimi, Schriftenreihe der Mediothek ftir Afghanistan, vol. 1. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag ftir Interkulturelle...positive contributions to research on, and life in, Afghanistan. The relationship between Germany and ... Read more
Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan / Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil & Fundamentalism in Central Asia
; AFGHANISTAN Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan, by Michael Griffin. London: Pluto Press, 2001. xxi...the Islamic Revolution of Iran, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the decision of the United States to embarrass and... Read more
Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid
; AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid, by Ralph H. Magnus and Eden Naby. Foreword...by Larry P. Goodson Ralph Magnus and Eden Naby suggest that modern Afghanistan's troubles are due to the conflicting influence of three significant... Read more
Afghanistan doesn't need a political science experiment S. FREDERICK STARR
; Afghanistan doesn't need a political science experiment By S. FREDERICK STARR Monday...bombs rain on Kabul and Kandahar, plans for a post- Taliban government in Afghanistan are advancing on every front. Some of these plans should be cause for concern. Afghanistan is multiethnic. Pashtuns are the largest ... Read more
Afghanistan needs crash course in capitalism
; Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, for whom I have the greatest...attention focused on the commitment to help transform Afghanistan into a functioning and autonomous modern democracy...Nevertheless, one must not ignore the discouraging reality in Afghanistan today absent immediate and substantial U.S. ... Read more
Developments in Afghanistan. (economic developments)(includes related articles)
; Afghanistan is rich in mineral resources which have yet to be explored...Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadzikistan, pipelanes also exist. Afghanistan is in the grip of fierce power struggle. A long war...Notwithstanding the installation of the 51 member ruling council, Afghanistan is bitterly divided ... Read more
Buying time in Afghanistan.
; Afghanistan is increasingly seen as Iraq in slow motion. It is not...each insurgency. As Iraq has descended into civil war, Afghanistan's center has held. The government remains weak, but...Pakistan, but has been unable to expand upon its toehold in Afghanistan or offer a compelling alternative to the ... Read more
Chronology: Afghanistan
; AFGHANISTAN See also, Regional Affairs, Iran, Pakistan 2001 Oct...helicopter which was supporting a special forces raid into Afghanistan crashed in neighboring Pakistan, killing two soldiers...first combat related American deaths in the campaign in Afghanistan. The American military said it was an accident, ... Read more
Bleeding Afghanistan.(Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence)(Book review)
; Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda...OMITTED] What's in the news about Afghanistan, at least in the corporate media...politics. For this reason, Bleeding Afghanistan is a valuable book. Its authors, Sonali... Read more
Gunmen kill aid worker in Afghanistan
; KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban assailants on a motorbike gunned down...was accused of proselytizing. "This woman came to Afghanistan to teach Christianity to the people of Afghanistan," Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press... Read more

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