Afghanistan
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Documents from the National Security Archive Collection, "Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War".
The Soviet
Experience in Afghanistan
Documents from the National Security Archive Collection, "The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan". The Soviet perspective on the war.
President Reagan called the Afghan mujahedeen "freedom fighters" and March 21 is officially designated as "Afghanistan Day" in recognition of the mujaheedeen as the US's proxy warriors in a war against the Soviet Union.
U.S.
Interests in Central Asian Republics Hearing
U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, February 12, 1998. In the face of public pressure and opposition to the Taliban's treatment of women, the US's cozy relationship with the Taliban begins to sour.
Unocal Statements on the proposed trans-Afghan pipeline.
"Taliban: The Story
of the Afghan Warlords"
Excerpts from the book, "Taliban: The Story of the Afghan Warlords" by Ahmed Rashid.
Objective: Overthrow the Taliban
Collection of documents and articles showing evidence that the U.S. was planning regime change in Afghanistan prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in order to try to create stable enough conditions to allow US interests to exploit the energy wealth of the Caspian Sea region.
Background of the U.S. War on
Afghanistan
Collection of documents and articles detailing the events leading up to the US war on Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.
The Aftermath of the U.S.
War on Afghanistan
Collection of documents and articles detailing the results of the US war on Afghanistan.
Collection of documents and articles pertaining to government and corporate interests and motives for interfering in Afghanistan.
Collection of documents and articles pertaining to UNOCAL corporation and what became of their involvement in proposed pipelines through Afghanistan.
Collection of documents and articles on the poppy crop and opium production in Afghanistan. The Taliban actually nearly eradicated the crop, but it was on the rise again immediately after the onset of the US war.
Collection of documents and articles showing evidence that the U.S. looked the other way while Pakistan flew members of the Taliban and al Qaeda out of Afghanistan during the initial phase of the war.
The Resurgence of the Taliban and
al-Qaeda
Collection of documents and articles relating to the ongoing war in Afghanistan and the resurgence of the Taliban and al Qaeda from their new base in Pakistan.
Collection of documents and articles relating to the violence and bloodshed resulting from the US war in Afghanistan.
Collection of documents and articles concerning the US use of cluster munitions, including in Afghanistan.
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