Afghanistan Lakewood High School Grade 12 Mrs. Schafer

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High School Pathfinders LHS LRC Lakewood City Schools Lakewood Public Library

Official Site of Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner

General Reference Information:

• Atlapedia Online
• All Country Info
• NationMaster.com
• Countries of the World - infoplease
• About.com Country Information
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• BBC News Country Profiles
• CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Dept. of State Background Notes
• Wikipedia

Political Information:

• Elections around the world: Afghanistan
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members from the CIA
• Political Leaders of Afghanistan
• World Statesmen
• Political Resources on the Net

Background, Culture, News:

• PBS Online NewsHour - Timeline - Veiled in Fear
• National Geographic: Understanding Afghanistan - Land in Crisis
• Beneath the Veil: Inside the Taliban's Afghanistan CNN
• Sabawoon Afghanpedia
• Afghan Network - At a Glance - @Culture - Ethnic Groups of Afghanistan - Cooking
• UNICEF Afghanistan Country in Crisis
• Afghanistan for Kids - prepared by English professors at Arizona State Univ (but not just for kids)
• Lonely Planet World Guide - from a leading independent travel publisher.
• Afghanistan Online
• Afghanmania - online community

Terrorism/Current Issues:

• Afghanistan, "Terrorism" and Blowback: A Chronology by Janette Rainwater, Ph.D.
• Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad by David B. Edwards
• "Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?" F. Gregory Gause III from Foreign Affairs, September/October 2005
• Pariah Nation: Journey Through Afghanistan - MSNBC.com's Preston Mendenhall travels in May, 2001
• The War on Terrorism: Afghanistan and the Taliban List of resources compiled by Joyner Library, East Carolina Univ.
• Academic Info: Afghanistan Studies- Directory of Online Resources for the Study of Afghanistan

Photos:

• MSF-USA: Exhibits - A Photo Documentary of Afghan Refugees in Jalozai Camp (Pakistan) - Doctors Without Borders
• Luke Powell Photographs
• Afghans Returning Home
• Afghanistan: Surviving in the Mountains - photo feature of people and life in the mountains

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