category: afghanistan

How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

... Shia to Sunni Islam . Niazi labeled Hazaras kufr ( infidels ) and told them they must convert to Sunni Islam and attend prayer ... prayers . * If someone gave the ... guide used by Taliban killers . A Tajik eyewitness , trying to find out why ...

From the Indus to the Tigris: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Countries of Balochistan, Afghanistan, Khorassan and Iran, in 1872, Together with a Synoptical Grammar and Vocabulary of the Brahoe Language, and a Record of the Meteorological Observations and Altitudes on the March from the Indus to the Tigris

... mandar , short . khor , blind . kar , deaf . gánuk , mad . gung , dumb . shifárk , lean . húlan , fat . mand , lame . lelawi , greedy . dhakkók , hider . VERBS ... conjugation on the paradigms already given , the forms of the root and present ...

Afghanistan : Selected References

... Book call no .: 958.1044 M953a Prosser , David John . Out of Afghanistan . Montreal , Eden Press , 1987 . 257 p . Book call no .: 325.210922 P9660 RUSI and Brassey's Defence Yearbook 1989 , Services Institute for Defence Studies ...

England and Russia Face to Face in Asia: Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission

... Feap . 8vo , pp . 254. 28 . STORY . Nero ; A Historical Play . Roba di Roma . ' Feap . 8vo , 68 . Vallombrosa , Post 8vo , 58 . By W. W. STORY , Author of He and She ; or , A Poet's Portfolio . Feap . 8vo , in parch- ment , 34. 6 ...

The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War

... dark , cold , rainy winter night . Moving north to the objec- tive , I ... RPG - 7 . We moved to the bridge and deployed in the cover of a roadside ... cold rain , but nothing happened inside the outpost . Finally , I decided to take the ...

Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Postconflict Reconstruction

... planning , 217-221 , 263-268 planning template , 243–249 preconflict planning and strategy , 229-249 principles of , 226-229 reconstruction gap , 5-14 security environment , 16-17 shortfalls in Afghanistan , 204-207 state of ...

Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle

"Few people can have had a better chance of understanding Asian people than Dervla Murphy" DAILY TELEGRAPH "This book has the charm of spontaneity and the ring of absolute truth" IRISH TIMES "A distinctive and highly entertaining account of ...

An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared for and Presented to the 9th International Congress of Orientalists (London, Sept. 1891)

... Bangal . Choti . Dòd . Dorkȧ . Bazgir . Chang . Gabòl . Haro . Hèl . Hòt . Jask . Jogi . Kalang . Kang . Katȧl . Korpat . Shål . Khalil . Làdi . Motik . Músà . Pitafi . Shik . Lashàri . Mèo . Mita . • Sálů . Sandil . Sarmor . Soha . Sur ...

An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared and Presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (London, September, 1891).

... Bangal is Jat . Choti is for Chato Brahman . Dod and Dorka are the same , and for Dor Rajput . Gabòl is for Kapòl ... com- position of the tribes and clans comprised under the name Baloch , and classed together under the Rind , Rin , or Ran , ...

Wanat: Combat Action in Afghanistan, 2008

... Operational Terms and Graphics ( Washington , DC : Government Printing ... Overrules Inquiry Faulting Officers in Wanat Ambush , " Washington Post , 24 June 2010 , http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn / content / article ... ( USMC ) 234.

Afghanistan, from Terror to Freedom

... Maulana Hasan Jan , a former member of the lower house of Parliament for a fundamentalist party , told a story to illustrate their point : " One day , Omar , the second caliph , decided to lower a dowry . A woman protested , quoting a ...

Afghanistan Studies Journal

... Qamar Dadgar M. Ashraf Dastagirzada Dr. Ghulam M. Dastgeer A.L. Davidson Stafford G. Davis Mary E. Dean Tatiana ... Asad Gobar , M.D. Ralph J. Goodell Franz N. Gouttiere Dr. Karl Gratzl Willis H. Griffin Dr. Erwin Groetzbach Ralph Groves ...

From the Russian Archives

... archive . ( Lothar Dralle , “ Das DSF - Archiv als Quelle zur Geschichte der DDR - Der Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 " [ The DSF Archive as a Source for the History of East Germany - The People's Rebellion of June 17 , 1953 ] , DA 8 ...

The Kite Runner (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, each title in the 'Sparknotes' series contains complete plot summary and analysis, key facts about the work, an analysis of the major characters, suggested essay topics, themes, motifs, ...

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

Analysis and literary criticism of The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini's The kite runner.

The Unholy Nexus: Pak Afghan Relations Under the Taliban

... Maulana Khair Mohammed Jalandhri , 89 Maulana Masood Azhar , 70 , 74 , 79 , 80 , 95 , 97 , 103 , 105 , 106 , 129 , 131 , 132 , 189 , 196 Maulana Maudoodi , 109 Maulana Mohammad Abul Qasim Nanotvi , 85 Maulana Samiul Haq , 86 , 87 , 88 ...

A Thousand Splendid Suns

'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is a chronicle of Afghan history, and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, and the salvation to be found in love.

The Illustrated London News

... alchemy that can be , which , in one assembly at least , has extracted from ... little relaxation from the occa- sional exhibitions of the pompous inanity ... rod and line , if he prove to be a big one , and is not properly managed . He ...

Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Kandahar and south-central Afghanistan

... Maksud Range At foot of southeast slope of Shah Maksud Range At foot of southeast slope of Shah Maksud Range At foot of southeast slope of Shah Maksud Range Maksud Range east slope Maksud Range east slope In center of valley 281.

Keeping history alive: safeguarding cultural heritage in post-conflict Afghanistan

... ancient periods of Afghanistan's history, concentrating on the hidden treasures, who, in their way, had allowed to shed a new light on Afghan history ... world and for the other, the sedentary world. The first one was almost mythical, its ...

American Interests in South Asia: Building a Grand Strategy in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India

... 1 billion rupee stake in Pathways Global School, a K-12 education provider; Azim Premji's decision to invest 2 billion rupees in Manipal Global Education, a education resource provider; and Matrix Advisors' decision to buy 1 billion ...

The Kite Runner

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed.

Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh

... gotf - ájé . gotf - sâti . houses of houses · to houses houses · in houses · on houses • • with houses • • for houses • from houses • · gotf - karyoo . gott - joh . Nom . a man . mánùjo . Gen. of a man • mánùjé . Dat . to a man • mánùjé ...

White Book: Foreign Policy Documents of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

... Babrak Karmal's Radio and Television Address 17 on the Occasion of the Eid - ul - Fitr Holiday , August 3 , 1981 ( Extract ) Babrak Karmal's Message on the 20th Anniversary of the Non - Aligned Movement , September 1 , 1981 20 20 Babrak ...

White Book: Foreign Policy Documents of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

... Babrak Karmal's Interview to BBC Correspondents , February 25 , 1982 ( Extract ) Babrak Karmal's Interview to Sumit Chakravartty , a Correspondent of the Indian Newspaper " Patriot " , February 13 , 1983 ( Excerpts ) Babrak Karmal's ...

Afghanistan: Seven Years of Soviet Occupation

... Babrak Karmal was replaced in 1986 by Najibullah as Soviet - backed ruler of Afghanistan . It was the biggest change in the Kabul regime since 1979 , when the Soviets brought Karmal in with their invading troops to head the " new phase ...

The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 ; with Twenty-two Illustrations and a Map

... Mr. W. , 14 , 69 , 186 , 265 , 342 . McSwiney , Captain , 287 , 308 , 309 . Meiklejohn , Sir W. , 236 , 344 . Merk , Mr. W. , 122 , 127 . Merve , 52 ; Merve - ul - Rud , 121 . Mohmands , 227 , 269 , 344 , 345 . " Mr. " Bux , 190 ...

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