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History of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With the exception of a 9-month period in 1929, all of Afghanistan's rulers until the 1978 Marxist coup were from Durrani's Pashtun tribal confederation, and all were members of that tribe's Mohammadzai clan after 1818. Afghanistan's history, internal political development, foreign relations, and very existence as an independent state have largely been determined by its geographic location at the crossroads of Central, West, and South Asia. Afghanistan was divided in three parts in the 16th, 17th and early 18th century. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Afghanistan   (2879 words)

Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia During this early period, the Pashtuns or some of their early Eastern Iranian ancestors are believed to have originated near the vicinity of Kandahar and/or the Sulaiman Mountains and possibly begun to expand into other parts of Afghanistan. Archaelogical finds also indicate the possible beginnings of the Bronze Age which would ultimately spread throughout the ancient world from Afghanistan. In this and other key places in Afghanistan, archaeologists have located frescoes, stucco decorations, statuary, and rare objects from as far away as China, Phoenicia, and Rome, which were crafted as early as the 2nd century and bear witness to the influence of these ancient civilizations upon Afghanistan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pre-Islamic_period_of_Afghanistan   (3489 words)

wikien.info: Main_Page : P/PR/PRE Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan Islamic conquest of Afghanistan Durrani Empire European influence in Afghanistan Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghan.. The Pre-Nectarian Period of the lunar geologic timescale runs from 4550 million years ago (the time of the initial formation of the Moon) to 3920 million years ago, when the Nectaris Basin was formed by a large impact. Prehistory is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). pardus.info /browse.php?title=P/PR/PRE   (10843 words)

Symposium: The Terror War: How We Can Win According to KGB theorists, the Islamic world was a petri dish in which we could nurture a virulent strain of America-hate. We also infiltrated the Islamic world with thousands of Soviet bloc Islamic citizens recruited as intelligence agents and tasked to implant there a rabid, demented hatred for American Zionism. Islamic cultures had a taste for nationalism, jingoism and victimology. frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=15952   (2944 words)

Afghanistan Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) approved a 162-article constitution on 04 January 2004, establishing a presidential system of government with a bicameral legislature, enshrining equal rights for men and women and scheduling national elections later in the year. After delays from the original timetable, Afghanistan on 9 October 2004 held democratic presidential elections which, in spite of allegations of fraud and intimidation, were largely violence-free and enjoyed a wide voter turnout. Afghanistan remains an unstable place, where Al Qaeda loyalists continue to launch attacks against government forces, and officials in Kabul struggle to curtail the influence of regional warlords. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/afghanistan/intro.htm   (2399 words)

Peoples and languages In Afghanistan and part of Punjab the Hindu Shahis ruled till the Turk Subuktagin defeated Jayapala around 992 A.D and wrested away all the territory west of the Indus including Peshawar. Both these poets lived, at least for some period of their lives, in Lahore around 1114 A.D. and if they wrote in the language of Lahore it could hardly have been what we now understand as Hindi. In fact Dani identified six cultural periods and Professor Farzand Ali Durrani, who excavated Rahman Dheri which is fourteen miles north of Dera Ismail Khan city, provided more details about the extension of this civilization in the North West Frontier Province. asnic.utexas.edu /asnic/subject/peoplesandlanguages.html   (6627 words)

Islam History : Middle East Facts Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan Islamic conquest of Afghanistan Durrani Empire European influence in Afghanistan Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah Daoud's Republic of... Islamic Law: Law Books For Sale - Islamic Law Islamic Law and Law Books For Sale The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism The Hanafi school of law is one of the oldest legal schools of Islam, coming into existence in the eighth century in Iraq,... See live article   Islamic World The Islamic World is the world-wide community of all believers in Islam, who are known as Muslims, and who number approximately one-and-a-half billion people. www.gulfunion-bah.com /136-Islam-History.html   (1007 words)

Kushan Empire: development empire kushan technological The Yuezhi reached the Hellenic kingdom of Greco-Bactria, in the Bactrian territory (northernmost Afghanistan and Uzbekistan) around 135 BCE, and displaced the Greek dynasties there, who resettled in Indus basin (in present day Pakistan) in the western part of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. Several direct depictions of Kushans are known from Gandhara, where they are represented with a tunic, belt and trousers and play the role of devotees to the Buddha, as well as the Bodhisattva and future Buddha Maitreya. These remnants of the Kushan empire were ultimately wiped out in the 5th century by the invasions of the White Huns, and later the expansion of Islam. wikipedia.openfun.org /wiki/Kushan_Empire   (2291 words)

Mythology's Myth*ing Links = Eurasia / Central Asia: Afghanistan, page 2 Having received the southern provinces of Afghanistan from Seleucus in return for 500 elephants and a princess, the Mauryans confirmed local chieftains in their satrapies but continued to regard them with a keen sense of benevolent responsibility, especially during the rule of King Ashoka, the dynasty's renowned ruler who reigned from 268-233 B.C.... Real nomadic political power in Afghanistan was, however, first established by the Yueh-chih who, forced from their grazing lands on the Chinese border, enter this story as a loose confederation of five clans. It is said that the ancient mountains passes and valleys of Afghanistan were once filled with tunes of these rhythmic instruments, and if you listen to the wind at night in an Afghan valley, you can hear the ancient, harmonious melodies played out in the breezes that blow. www.mythinglinks.org /eurasia~Afghanistan2.html   (7849 words)

Chrenkoff Afghanistan is on the verge of eradicating polio with only one case reported so far this year compared with 27 in 2000." And an anti-smallpox vaccination drive is being currently prepared. Fazli Hadi Shinwari, who also heads the Council of Islamic Leaders in Afghanistan, said that the recent kidnapping of Italian aid worker, Clementina Cantoni was also against Islamic teachings and that they had decided to issue the fatwa against all of these actions. Afghanistan is also receiving other support for the development of democracy: "The National Democratic Institute (NDI) together with the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) will train potential candidates competing for the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House) and the Provincial Council elections, to be held concurrently on September 18... chrenkoff.blogspot.com /2005/06/good-news-from-afghanistan-part-13.html   (14850 words)

Shahi - The Hindu Shahi were the last Hindu dynasty to rule predominantly Buddhist Afghanistan and the western Punjab before the Muslim conquest of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Archeological sites of the period, including a major Hindu Shahi temple north of Kabul and a chapel in Ghazni, contain both Buddhist and Hindu statuary, suggesting that there was a close interaction between the two religions. Image:SpalapatiDeva.jpg The Shahi dynasty ruled portions of eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India known as Gandhara from the mid-seventh century to the early eleventh century. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Shahi   (725 words)

Essay - Historical Background But what sets the Islamic marriage apart from the pre-Islamic practices is that Islam acknowledged woman as a human entity with rights of her own. Afghanistan's Taliban: "Not a valid interpretation of Islam" Islamic teachings emphasized the fact that the general principles of equality, freedom, independence and rights of women are not to be confined to or defined by social or cultural norms, but that they are ordained by God. www.mwlusa.org /publications/essays/herstory.html   (5941 words)

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Draft Consitution of Afghanistan Mohamad Salim Modjaz is a former Deputy Minister of Justice of Afghanistan, former Vice President of Lawyers Association of Afghanistan, Secretary of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of 1987 of Afghanistan and former member of the Constitutional Council of Afghanistan. The main logic of the formation of the Salvation Front during the Transitional Period is to ensure the formation of an effective and stable broad based coalition. Afghanistan's Constitutions of the Past in Dari and Pashtu www.11aa.com /newdraft.html   (529 words)

A number of solidarity messages to RAWA on IWD, March 8,2001 We have no doubt that the women of Afghanistan are aware of the fundamental principle that the struggle for their emancipation from tyranny and oppression and inequality is inseparable from the struggle against the reactionary ruling regime and the reactionary Taleban gang and other ruling religious factions. Afghanistan is a far and forgotten country, but we all must show solidarity with women and girls, they are victims of the “TALIBAN”, they arrived to the power in 1996 is very much cruel and unaccountable at this moment, because women have got almost all rights. Afghanistan is a blackhole of despair with its citizens suffering from physical and mental abuse meted out by the Taliban. www.rawa.org /mar801me.htm   (8559 words)

Afghanistan - Holidays in Afghanistan - Travelling to Afghanistan - www.reiswijs.co.uk Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan (before 651), Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (642-1747), The Durrani Empire (1747-1826), European influence in Afghanistan (1826-1919), Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war (1919-1929), Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah (1929-1973), Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978), Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1978-1992), History of Afghanistan (1992 to present). Examines the history, people, politics, religion, geography, and culture of Afghanistan, offering a revealing portrait of the war-ravaged nation and the Taliban regime and including new information covering events up to spring 2002. Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of Central Asia, has had a very turbulent history. www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/asia/afghanistan/afghanistan.html   (2205 words)

Strategic Affairs - Newsbrief Other artefacts of Afghanistan's pre-Islamic period were also destroyed. India's Prime Minister Vajpayee accused Afghanistan's Taliban rulers of being "neither civilized nor true Muslims" after they shelled and heavily damaged two towering statues of the Buddha dating back to the third and fifth centuries. Talks with the Taliban foreign minister were abruptly terminated with Annan walking out after the minister confirmed that the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha and other artefacts in Afghanistan would continue. www.stratmag.com /issueMar-15/page08.htm   (1031 words)

Central and North Asia, 500-1000 A.D. Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art The works of this period express the artistic wealth of the Ghaznavids and the significance of their capital, Ghazni, as a profoundly Islamic cultural center where different aesthetic traditions from the region come together. The age of the Samanids marks a renaissance of Iranian culture in which their courts are associated with the rise of Persian literature. The Samanid mausoleum in Bukhara, an unusual funerary monument built and decorated with baked brick, is constructed during this period. www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/06/nc/ht06nc.htm   (1015 words)

NationMaster.com - Detailed Nation Profile: Afghanistan On 9 October 2004, Hamid KARZAI became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan. Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil unrest. Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in October 2001 www.nationmaster.com /country/af   (310 words)

Iranica.com - xii(b). IRANIAN STUDIES IN FRANCE: PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD 1929), an authority on the diffusion of Hellenism in the east, was the director of the De‚le‚gation arche‚ologique française en Afghanistan (1965-80). He had a profound impact on current scholarship on the formative period of Christian theology and the masters of the Alexandria school (Clement, Origen), and on the milieu in which this theology developed and interacted with different gnosis, most notably manicheism. His other publications are valuable contributions to the study of Islamic mysticism and the history of Sufi orders. www.iranica.com /articles/v10f2/v10f216j.html   (5018 words)

Pre-Islamic period (from South Asian arts) --  Encyclopædia Britannica Of the very few objects surviving from the pre-Islamic period, the most important are fragments of ivory caskets, chairs, and footstools found at Begram, in eastern Afghanistan, but obviously of Indian origin and strongly reminiscent of the school of Mathura in the 1st century Islamic architecture in India: period of the Delhi and provincial sultanates Covers social, political, and art history of the early, medieval, late medieval, and late Islamic periods. www.britannica.com /eb/article-65355   (1117 words)

Internet Islamic History Sourcebook The Later Timurid Period; and Map of Safawid Persia in the 16th and 17th Centuries [At UPenn] Spain after the Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Periods of the Party Kings and of the Almoravids [At UPenn] Muslim Expansion in the West in the Umayyad Period (661-750) www.fordham.edu /halsall/islam/islamsbook.html   (5127 words)

Afghanistan The April 1978 Coup d'etat and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan countrystudies.us /afghanistan   (46 words)

Government Information on Afghanistan and Country Study Formation of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Figure 3: British and Russian Advances Toward Afghanistan in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The Soviet Role in the 1978 Coup d'Etat www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan   (267 words)

Islam History : Middle East Facts Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan Islamic conquest of Afghanistan Durrani Empire European influence in Afghanistan Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah Daoud's Republic of... Islamic Law: Law Books For Sale - Islamic Law Islamic Law and Law Books For Sale The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism The Hanafi school of law is one of the oldest legal schools of Islam, coming into existence in the eighth century in Iraq,... History of Afghanistan -     Home Encylopedia Directory eShowcase Sitemap Privacy Contact Us Enyclopedia Home www.gulfunion-bah.com /136-Islam-History.html   (1007 words)

Afghanistan - Holidays in Afghanistan - Travelling to Afghanistan - www.reiswijs.co.uk Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan (before 651), Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (642-1747), The Durrani Empire (1747-1826), European influence in Afghanistan (1826-1919), Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war (1919-1929), Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah (1929-1973), Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978), Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1978-1992), History of Afghanistan (1992 to present). It is in Afghanistan that Zoroastrianism began in the 6 th century B.C. and later Buddhism spread from India. Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/asia/afghanistan/afghanistan.html   (2205 words)

History of Afghanistan since 1992 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 2001, as part of a drive against relics of Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past, the Taliban destroyed two large statues of the Buddha outside of the city of Bamiyan and announced destruction of all pre-Islamic statues in Afghanistan, including the remaining holdings of the Kabul Museum. Current problems that exist for the administration include controlling bands of bandits roaming Afghanistan's rural sector, removing the debris (and in particular, unmapped buried landmines) from decades of civil war from the countryside, and rebuilding the Afghan economy. The US required the assistance of countries around Afghanistan to provide a route for the attack, but criticism increased as various mosques, aid agencies, hospitals, and other civilian buildings were damaged by US bombs. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Afghanistan_since_1992   (1444 words)

Afghanistan - Holidays in Afghanistan - Travelling to Afghanistan - www.reiswijs.co.uk Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan (before 651), Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (642-1747), The Durrani Empire (1747-1826), European influence in Afghanistan (1826-1919), Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war (1919-1929), Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah (1929-1973), Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978), Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1978-1992), History of Afghanistan (1992 to present). Kandahar- city in southern Afghanistan, the capital of Kandahar province Thanks to 20 years of civil war and its association with terrorism, Afghanistan is now unjustly thought of in the West as a barbarous backwater. www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/asia/afghanistan/afghanistan.html   (2205 words)

iqexpand.com on Afghanistan in November 2001 Afghanistan (1911 Encyclopedia) European influence in Afghanistan Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in January 2002 Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan History of the... Afghanistan's recent history has been one of intense turmoil dominated by the politics of Islam. The land that is now Afghanistan has a long history of domination by foreign conquerors and strife among internally warring factions. afghanistan_timeline.iqexpand.com   (277 words)

iqexpand.com on Afghanistan in November 2001 Afghanistan (1911 Encyclopedia) European influence in Afghanistan Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in January 2002 Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan History of the... Afghanistan's recent history has been one of intense turmoil dominated by the politics of Islam. The land that is now Afghanistan has a long history of domination by foreign conquerors and strife among internally warring factions. afghanistan_timeline.iqexpand.com   (296 words)

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