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Sites specialised on Afghan history.

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• Archaeology
• Ghaznavid Empire
• Wars and Conflicts

Resources in This Category

• Afghanistan and Afghan war

  http://www.hikyaku.com/afghan/
  Information about Afghanistan and its history from the regime of King Zahir to the emergence of Taliban. Hosted by Free Light Software.

• Afghanland.com Afghanistan History

  http://afghanland.com/history/history.html
  History of famous figures in the history of Afghanistan

• Amir Kror and His Ancestry

  http://www.alamahabibi.com/English%20Articles/Amir_Kror_and_His_Ancestry.htm
  Alama Abdul Hai Habibi's research on the history of the 7th century Afghan Suri ruler and his ancestry.

• Brief History of Afghanistan

  http://afghangovernment.com/briefhistory.htm
  A Brief History of Afghanistan in the past 1000 years.

• Brief History of Kabul

  http://km.gov.af/en/page/520
  A brief history of the name and the city.

• Heroes of the Age - Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier

  http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft458006bg/
  Online book by David B. Edwards including biographies of King Abdur Rahman, Sultan Mohammed Khan and Hadda Sahib.

• Marco Polo's Guide to Afghanistan

  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/marcopolo.html
  Two Americans retrace the steps of the 13th-century Italian merchant through Afghanistan. An article from Smithsonian Magazine with pictures.

• National Security Archive: The Once and Future King?

  http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB59/
  Original documents of US government agencies on King Zahir's reign 1970-1973 and on US policy toward the country at the time.

• The Siege of Herat

  http://www.jsenterprises.com/john/thesis/
  Thesis by John Carl Nelson discussing the political situation in the early 19th century and Mohammed Shah Kajars siege of Herat 1837-1838. Includes old maps and a bibliography.

• World History Archives: The History of Afghanistan

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/index-n.html
  Documents and articles.

• WWW-VL - History: Afghanistan

  http://vlib.iue.it/history/asia/Afghanistan/
  Categorized directory of links.

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