Description
Book SynopsisAfghanistan is an extremely complex and nuanced country that has been one of the centers of imperial conflict at least for 150 years. From the Czarist Russia’s march south in the 19th Century threatening British India, three Anglo-Afghan Wars, the Soviet Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan starting in December 1979 and the resulting anti-Soviet Jihad by the Afghan Mujahideen to Kabul’s and their allies’ (U.S. and NATO) conflict with the Taliban, Afghanistan has been one of the centers of important international and regional conflicts and events.
Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about South Africa.
Table of ContentsEditor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface Thomas Johnson
Reader’s Notes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
- Major Sections of the Durand Agreement and the Legal Case for the Durand Line
- Taliban Codex, Book of Rules for the Mujahedin (Layeha)
- Political Parties Law
- Licensed Political Parties
- Durrani Genealogy
- Bonn Accords
- Fatwas from Pashtun Perspectives
- Full Text of US-Taliban Peace Agreement
- Shajara of the Pashtun and Pashtun Major Tribes and Clans
Bibliography
About the Authors
