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	Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the period of British intervention in Afghanistan, ethnic Pashtun territories were divided by the Durand Line and would lead to strained relations between Afghanistan and British India and later the new state of Pakistan over what came to known as the Pashtunistan debate.
		Afghanistan is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest.
		International efforts to rebuild Afghanistan lead to the formulation of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA), as a result of the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, and later addressed at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan Reconstruction in January 2002, where $4.5 billion was collected for a trust fund to be administered by the World Bank Group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan (2675 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Afghanistan nation-state as it is known today came into existence in 1746 under the Durrani Empire, but control was ceded to the United Kingdom until King Amanullah acceded to throne in 1919.
		Afghanistan is a mountainous country, although there are plains in the north and southwest.
		Afghanistan is an extremely poor country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/a/af/afghanistan.html (1610 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: Afğānistān افغانستان) is a country in Central Asia and is often included as a part of the Middle East.
		The Afghanistan nation-state as it is known today came into existence in 1746 under the Durrani Empire, but control was ceded to the United Kingdom until King Amanullah acceded to the throne in 1919 (see "The Great Game").
		International efforts to rebuild Afghanistan lead to the formulation of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA), as a result of the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, and later addressed at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan Reconstruction in January 2002, where $4.5 billion was collected for a trust fund to be administered by the World Bank.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Afghanistan.htm (2348 words)

	Afghanistan by Frederick Engels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The principal cities of Afghanistan are Kabul, the capital, Ghuznee, Peshawer, and Kandahar.
		The geographical position of Afghanistan, and the peculiar character of the people, invest the country with a political importance that can scarcely be over-estimated in the affairs of Central Asia.
		Intent on increasing Britain’s influence in Afghanistan and weakening Russia’s in Persia, the British Government declared the Shah’s actions to be hostile to Britain and demanded that he should lift the siege.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1857/afghanistan (3945 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although informal negotiations for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan had been underway since 1982, it was not until 1988 that the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the United States and Soviet Union serving as guarantors, signed an agreement settling the major differences between them.
		Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of coal, salt, chromium, iron ore, gold, fluorite, talc, copper, and lapis lazuli.
		UN EFFORTS During the Soviet occupation, the United Nations was highly critical of the U.S.S.R.'s interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and was instrumental in obtaining a negotiated Soviet withdrawal under the terms of the Geneva accords.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/sa/afghanistan9407.html (5506 words)

	Afghanistan's Web Site - Afghanistan Transportation
		Public transportation in Afghanistan is generally by bus and truck in which loads of people, animals, and produce are packed into small spaces or on the roof.
		Afghanistan depends on neighboring countries for the shipment of goods to and from its borders.
		Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan have often led to the closing of that border.
	www.afghanistans.com /Information/Economy/Transportation.htm (295 words)

	Transportation in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Landlocked Afghanistan has no functioning railways, but the Amu Darya (Oxus) River, which forms part of Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, has barge traffic.
		The poor state of the Afghan transportation and communication networks has further fragmented and hobbled the struggling economy.
		There is a proposal for a natural gas pipeline across Afghanistan into Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_in_Afghanistan (417 words)

	Afghanistan
		The ruler of Afghanistan belonged to the Abdali tribal group, whose name was changed to Dorrani on the accession of Ahmad Shah.
		Opposition against the new Communist government was immense, and with the government in danger of collapse, the Soviet Union invaded on December 24, 1979.
		The population of Afghanistan is divided in a large number of ethnic groups, which adds to the political unrest.
	usapedia.com /a/afghanistan-1.html (1278 words)

	Afghanistan country information and culture with links to recipes
		As of April 2002, the Afghanistan Interim Authority was attempting to bring effective governance to the country although its reach beyond the capital, Kabul, remained tenuous and its ability to deliver necessary social services dependent on funds from the international donor community.
		Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones.
		Afghanistan's relations with newly independent Tajikistan have been complicated by political upheaval and civil war in Tajikistan, which spurred some 100,000 Tajiks to seek refuge in Afghanistan in late 1992 and early 1993.
	asiarecipe.com /afginfo.html (7282 words)

	Afghanistan
		As of 2002, an interim government is in place, led by president Hamid Karzai, with many elements from the Northern Alliance, and a mix from other regional and ethnic groups formed from the transition government by the Loya jirga.
		Main article: Education in Afghanistan[?] In the spring of 2003, it was estimated that 30% of Afghanistan's 7,000 schools had been seriously damaged during more than two decades of Soviet occupation, civil war and Taliban rule.
		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 land mines) from decades of civil war from the countryside and rebuilding the Afghan economy.
	www.fastload.org /af/Afghanistan.html (1746 words)

	Afghanistan
		American citizens who arrive without a visa are subject to confiscation of their passport and face heavy fines and difficulties in retrieving their passport and obtaining a visa, as well as possible deportation from the country.
		There are remnants of the former Taliban regime and the terrorist al-Qaida network in various parts of Afghanistan, who want to drive all Westerners out of Afghanistan and they do not hesitate to use violence to achieve their aims.
		The transportation system in Afghanistan is marginal, although modern highways and provincial roads are being constructed by the international community.
	travel.state.gov /travel/afghanistan.html (2344 words)

	News from the Washington File
		Afghanistan was able to clear its arrears, in part, with the help of Japan, the UK, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, who contributed to a trust fund for this purpose.
		The Bank's plan for assisting Afghanistan to meet these needs is spelled out in a Transitional Support Strategy, discussed today, which covers the period from the next 18 months to two years, until the country adopts a new constitution and establishes a representative government.
		The strategy was designed to directly support the Government of Afghanistan's National Development Framework and focuses on four key areas: improving livelihoods; assisting the government with its fiscal strategy, institutions, and management; supporting governance and public administration reform; and helping to enable private sector development in Afghanistan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/03/mil-030312-usia03.htm (1276 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil unrest.
		Afghanistan's economic outlook has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 because of the infusion of over $2 billion in international assistance, recovery of the agricultural sector, and the reestablishment of market institutions.
		Despite the progress of the past few years, Afghanistan remains extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, farming, and trade with neighboring countries.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html (1424 words)

	USAID Cites Continued Security Problems in Afghanistan
		Security problems inside Afghanistan continue to be a major concern of international aid agencies with looting and armed occupation of their offices increasingly common, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says.
		Haq was a prominent Pashtun leader who had achieved hero status in Afghanistan due to his role in the war against the Soviet occupation in the 1980s.
		Afghans are not leaving Afghanistan for a variety of reasons, according to reports, including difficulties in crossing the country's borders; the high financial cost of leaving in an impoverished economy; the realization that U.S. targeting is limited to military objectives; and the fact that food aid is still reaching many areas.
	www.usembassy.it /file2001_11/alia/a1110612.htm (2502 words)

	Statement Upon Leaving Kabul, Afghanistan
		We cannot allow the people of Afghanistan suffer a return to the humanitarian disaster of the past 20 years, in which a lawless land with the promise of much more unfortunately became a haven for terrorists and drug traffickers.
		Among their notable achievements are the new banking laws, the new currency, improvements in centralizing customs revenue and increasing the transparency and accountability of the budget process.
		Also, stronger trade and transportation relationships between Afghanistan and its neighbors, especially Pakistan, will be essential for integrating Afghanistan’s economy with the global economy, and creating opportunity for the Afghan people.
	www.state.gov /p/sa/rls/rm/24223.htm (334 words)

	Transportation in Afghanistan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transportation in (A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south) Afghanistan:
		For details of a new natural gas pipeline transiting Afghanistan to (A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Pakistan, see (Click link for more info and facts about Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline) Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline
		(A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south) Afghanistan
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Tr/Transportation_in_Afghanistan.htm (627 words)

	Washington File
		The U.S. Transportation Department is sending experts to Iraq to help in the reconstruction of that country's transportation system, the agency announced March 18.
		Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, who unveiled the initiative the same day at the conclusion of a four-country trip to the Middle East, said his department also will consider providing additional transportation assistance to Afghanistan and strengthening cooperation with Jordan and Kuwait.
		Secretary Mineta made the trip to assess the current state of transportation needs in the region and to further the United States' broader international transportation agenda.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2004/03/iraq-040319-usia06.htm (415 words)

	Transportation Afghanistan Asia Regional
		towards transportation arrangements and will cover medical expenses while refugees are completing the legal formalities involved in returning to Afghanistan.
		For example, a C-17 from Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan arrived in...
		The fight against drug dealing, in Afghanistan in particular, is one...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Afghanistan/Transportation (330 words)

	Anywhere Transportation Service: Limousine and Bus Charter Services, Convention Transportation, Airport Transfers and ...
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	www.anywheretransportation.com (267 words)

	Transportation in Afghanistan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transportation in Afghanistan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Transportation in Afghanistan contains research on
		Transportation in Afghanistan, Railways, Railway links from adjacent countries, Highways, Waterways, Pipelines, Ports and harbors, Airports, Heliports and See Also.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Transportation_in_Afghanistan (451 words)

	Railways in Afghanistan - past, present and future
		Amir Abdul Rehman, ruler of Afghanistan between 1880 and 1901, banned railways and the telegraph from entering Afghanistan, in case they were used in any British or Russian invasion.
		An agreement for use of the 1 000 m "Friendship Bridge" was reached between the Afghan and Soviet authorities in May 1982[52], and it opened that June.
		The bridge strengthened the strategic transport capabilities of the USSR by establishing a railhead on the south side of the river, and so early in 1985 Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence began to formulate plans for Mujahideen fighters to destroy it[53].
	www.ajg41.clara.co.uk /afghanistan.html (6469 words)

	Transportation Asia Regional
		stimulate cross-border trade and investment in energy, transportation, agriculture, and...
		Nabors markets 30 marine transportation and support vessels, primarily in the US Gulf...
		regional role as a transportation hub, means it will never eradicate the disease.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Transportation (333 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Afghanistan Foundation located in Washington, DC - "serves as a vehicle for partnership between Afghans, Americans and others in the international community who wish to bring peace, stability, and prosperity to Afghanistan"
		Afghanistan: Images from the Harrison Forman Collection sections on architecture, history, land, people, settlements, and transportation
		Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO) "Trail Blazers of the Revolutionary Movement in Afghanistan"
	www.accd.edu /PAC/LRC/afghanistan.htm (197 words)

	Transportation Of Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/afghanistan_country_transportation.shtml (252 words)

	President Bush Welcomes Highway Construction in Afghanistan
		The road is a tangible example of the long-term commitment of the international community to Afghanistan.
		The road project is an important effort to help the Afghan people provide a better future for their country.
		At the same time, this road, along with others that will connect Afghanistan to its neighbors can set the stage for a complete transportation system that will integrate the country, increase trade, and establish links through Afghanistan from the Indian Ocean to Central Asia and along the "Silk Road", bridging East and West.
	www.state.gov /p/sa/rls/pr/15043.htm (236 words)

	AIRTF - Transportation (Road Construction and Civil Aviation)
		In September 2002, TDA sent a definitional mission to Afghanistan, which led to the approval of funding for a strategic plan for Ariana Airlines.
		Under this contract, Afghanistan's major and rural roads are being reconstructed to improve economic growth, security, and political integration along the corridor linking Afghanistan's three largest cities: Kabul, Kandahar and Herat.
		Repair work for the Kabul-Doshi Road began in September 2003 and is expected to be completed by the end of October 2004.
	www.export.gov /afghanistan/bus_climate/transportation.html (673 words)

	US Dept of State - World Bank Helps Afghanistan Revitalize Transportation Networks
		World Bank senior transport specialist and task leader of the project.
		Afghanistan was able to clear its arrears, in part, with
		Afghanistan to become eligible for loans for projects which move beyond the
	usinfo.state.gov /sa/Archive/2004/Jan/29-754430.html (1287 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - BorderHopper's Afghanistan Transportation Tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Once in Afghanistan it should be possible to hire a taxi to take you into Kabul.
		Ariana Airlines (Afghanistans only airline) will not allow westerners to book flights so flying in is not an option.
		I've heard reports that it may be easier to do this crossing because there are many holes in the border which makes crossing a little easier.
	www11.virtualtourist.com /m/15c83/5f7/9 (388 words)

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