Research Guides: Asia: Afghanistan

General Resources

Afghanistan-Britannica
Afghanistan Digital Library
Afghanistan Online
Contains excellent sections on politics and history of the country, including constitutions, chronology, and many articles on the topic. This is a commercial website based in the United States.
Asia Society: Afghanistan
CIA World Factbook - Afghanistan
Data, Projects & Research (World Bank): Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Central Statistics Organization
Digitized Afghanistan
Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
Office of the President - Afghanistan

Afghanistan: a cultural history by St John Simpson
ISBN: 1566568544
Publication Date: 2012
The Sewing Circles of Herat by Christina Lamb
ISBN: 0060505265
Publication Date: 2002

This is a British journalist's account of her return to Afghanistan after the events of September 11. The author had been expelled by the Taliban for her reporting.
My Forbidden Face by Latifa; Shekeba Hachemi (Contribution by); Linda Coverdale (Translator)
ISBN: 0786869011
Publication Date: 2002

Bakhtar News Agency
Daily Afghanistan (Pashto)
Khaama Press
Williams Afghan Media Project
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The Williams Afghan Media Project (WAMP) is an online resource for the study of Afghanistan. In addition to helping to preserve and make available resources related to Afghanistan, WAMP also provides a site for exploring Afghanistan's cultural legacy, historical development, and present situation.

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