Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Sunday, October 23, 2016

600 Years of Afghan History on Hard Drive

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A major initiative by the U.S. Library of Congress will provide the next generation of Afghans access to digital information about their cou...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

A Little History - Germans in Afghanistan WWI

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Over one hundred years ago during World War I the Germans attempted to influence events in Afghanistan. Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan A...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Preserving Afghan History

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Jack Detsch worries about the treasures of antiquity in Afghanistan . He believes more needs to be done to stop the looting of Afghan's ...
Friday, March 6, 2015

History - '3 Hut Uprising' of 1980

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Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) has provided us with a synopsis of the '3 Hut Uprising' that took place in ...
Friday, October 10, 2014

13 Year Anniversary of Afghan War

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America's longest war just had its 13th anniversary. On October 7, 2001 the United States commenced combat operations against the Taliba...

Afghan Death Toll at 13 Years

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As of Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at least 2,207 members of the United States military had died as as a result of a deployment to Afghanistan...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

US Army Smartbook on Afghanistan Available for Download as Smartphone Application

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The US Army now has a Smartbook that is available as a smartphone download on Afghanistan. Topics include history, political, relevant count...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Book: "Afghanistan Declassified" by Brian Williams

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Brian Williams, an Associate Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, has done extensive fieldwork in Afgh...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Afghan History Books - Leaving out the Wars

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A recent news article tells us how U.S. government funded history books provided to classrooms are leaving out the past 40 years of conflict...