About Afghanistan
- BBC Country Profile: Afghanistan
- CIA World Fact Book: Afghanistan
- Sections include: Introduction, Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, Traditional Issues.
- Library of Congress - Country Studies: Afghanistan
- National Gallery of Art: Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures from the Museum at Kabul
- Open Directory Project: Directory of Afghanistan-related Websites
- Wikipedia: Afghanistan Articles
- Note Wikipedia's disclaimers.
About Hamid Karzai
President of Afghanistan (2009)
- BBC - Profile: Hamid Karzai
- Biography in Context Database
- Available to members of Middletown Thrall Library. After logging in, search for Hamid Karzai.
- Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan (2009)
- Brief biography from the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC.
- USA Today: Hamid Karzi
- Headlines, articles.
- Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai
- Note Wikipedia's disclaimers.
See also:
Afghanistan Government
- Office of the President - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- World Leaders - Chiefs of State, Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Afghanistan
- Wikipedia: Politics of Afghanistan
- Note Wikipedia's disclaimers.
European Union and NATO on Afghanistan
- Delegation of the European Commission to Afghanistan
- European Union (EU) and Afghanistan
- NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization: NATO's role in Afghanistan
Military Operations
- U.S. & Afghan
- Afghan National Army
- American Forces Press Service: Afghanistan
- United States Central Command: Afghanistan
- United States Department of Defense: Afghanistan Policy
- Wikipedia: Military of Afghanistan
- Note Wikipedia's disclaimers.
U.S. Government on Afghanistan
- Congressional Budget Office: Analyses of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
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- "Afghanistan: Assessing the Road Ahead"
- Hearing on December 3, 2009.
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry Statement at Hearing on Civilian Strategy for Afghanistan
- January 21, 2010.
- United States Department of Commerce: Afghanistan Investment and Reconstruction Task Force
- United States Department of State: Afghanistan
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See also these documents/news items from the State Department:
- Release of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy
- January 21, 2010. From Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. See also the full report below.
- Full Strategy Report: Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy
- January 21, 2010. From Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton/State Department. PDF format: view with the Adobe Reader.
- United States Government Accountability Office: Afghanistan
- Reports and assessments.
- The White House - President Obama's Administration:
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- President Obama's Address on Afghanistan: "The New Way Forward"
- Delivered December 1, 2009. Video and text transcript of speech. See also the Republican response to the President's speech: "Pence Supports Sending Reinforcements to Afghanistan: Cautions Against Timelines, Benchmarks and War Surtax".
- The White House: The Afghanistan Plan in 4 Minutes
- The main points of President Obama's plan for Afghanistan as delivered on December 1, 2009 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Video: view with Adobe Flash Player.
- The White House - Blog Posts and News on Afghanistan
- The White House - Defense Overview
- The White House - President Bush's Administration - Afghanistan in Focus
- Official archived website. See also the archived Global Diplomacy page
News - Reports and Special Coverage
- CBS News: Afghanistan
- CNN: Afghanistan War
- CNN Blogs: Afghanistan Crossroads
- NPR: America's Battalion in Afghanistan
- From National Public Radio (NPR).
- NPR: Obama's War - The Hurdles In Afghanistan
- From National Public Radio (NPR).
- New York Times - Countries and Territories: Afghanistan
- New York Times - Special Coverage: Pakistan and Afghanistan
- PBS: Afghanistan and the War on Terror
- Reuters: Afghanistan and Pakistan
- United Nations: Afghanistan News
- Yahoo! News: Afghanistan
Afghanistan Research Topic Keywords
Researchers interested in Afghanistan's history and culture are invited to consider the following words, names, and phrases (and even to copy/paste them into searches).Researchers might also want to try Thrall's online research page, which enables you to incorporate one or more terms, names, or phrases below into Web searches pertaining to Afghanistan and its history.
Geography
- Herat
- Jalalabad
- Kandahar
- Kondoz
- Mazar-e Sharif
- Mountains
- Pamir Knot
- Wakhan Corridor
- Afghan Interim Administration
- Afghanistan Compact
- Bonn Agreement
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- National Assembly
- National Defense Commission
- Northern Alliance
- Parliamentary Elections
- People's Council
- President Hamid Karzai
- Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
- Wolesi Jirga
- Anglo-Afghan War
- Arab Abbasid Dynasty
- Asia
- Battle of Qadisiya
- British rule
- Civil War
- Durand Line
- Ghaznavid Dynasty
- Independence
- International Security Assistance Force
- Invasions
- Iranian Safavi Dynasty
- Iranian Sassanian Empire
- Kushan Empire
- Mauryan Empire of India
- Mongol Empire
- Russia and the Soviet Occupation
- Second Anglo-Afghan War
- The Great Game
- Third Anglo-Afghan War
- Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
- Treaty of Rawalpindi
- United States and September 11, 2001
- Abdul Rashid Dostum
- Abdur Rahman
- Ahmad Shah Massoud
- Ahmad Shah
- Alexander the Great
- Amanullah
- Dost Mohammad
- Durrani
- Genghis Khan
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
- Habibullah
- Hamid Karzai
- Mohammad Daoud
- Mughals
- Nadir Shah
- Osama bin Laden
- Pashtuns
- Seleucids
- Zahir Shah
- Ashura
- Eid al Adha
- Independence Day
- New Year's Day
- Ramadan
- Victory Day
- Balochi
- Dari
- Pashai
- Pashtu
- Corruption
- Drugs
- Economy
- Equality
- Extremism
- Fundamentalism
- Human rights
- Illiteracy
- Inflation
- Political factions
- Poverty
- Religious intolerance
- Terrorism
- Transportation
- Women's Rights
- Afghans
- Hazara
- Hindus
- Islam
- Muslims
- Pashtun
- Refugees
- Shia
- Sikhs
- Sunni
- Tajik
- Taliban
- Tribes
- Turkmen
- Uzbek
Resources in the Library Catalog
- Afghanistan - Browse by Subject
- Afghanistan - general keyword search (fiction/nonfiction)
- Afghanistan - History
- Afghanistan - Videos (DVD/VHS)
- Afghanistan - War
Research Databases
- Available at the library and to members of Thrall at home:
- Biography in Context
- Available to members of Middletown Thrall Library. Tip: After logging in, search for Hamid Karzai or other names related to your research.
- Full Text Articles from Newspapers, Encyclopedias, and More
- Tip: Try Expanded Academic ASAP and MasterFILE Premier for journal/newspaper articles and abstracts. For various perspectives and arguments (pro/con), try Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (do a Basic Search for Afghanistan).
- Virtual Reference Library: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
- You will find Afghanistan in Vol. 4: Asia and Oceania after you log in.