Afghanistan: A Country StudyRichard F. Nyrop, Donald M. Seekins |
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... Area Studies , The American University , under the Country Studies / Area Handbook Program . The last page of this book provides a listing of other published studies . Each book in the series deals with a particular foreign country ...
... Area Studies , The American University , under the Country Studies / Area Handbook Program . The last page of this book provides a listing of other published studies . Each book in the series deals with a particular foreign country ...
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... . 4 Topography ... 5 6 Transportation and Gas Fields 7 Party and State Structure , 1985 Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan and Adjacent Areas XX 5535 15 25 82 104 166 261 Preface In December 1979 Soviet armed forces seized power in ix.
... . 4 Topography ... 5 6 Transportation and Gas Fields 7 Party and State Structure , 1985 Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan and Adjacent Areas XX 5535 15 25 82 104 166 261 Preface In December 1979 Soviet armed forces seized power in ix.
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... area over 2,000 meters in elevation ; plains and deserts in western and southern portions of country . Climate : Typical of arid or semiarid steppe , with cold winters and dry summers ; some areas receive heavy snowfall . Society ...
... area over 2,000 meters in elevation ; plains and deserts in western and southern portions of country . Climate : Typical of arid or semiarid steppe , with cold winters and dry summers ; some areas receive heavy snowfall . Society ...
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... Areas PAKISTAN Wana Tank Lashkar Gaho Zaranj Helmand J Qandahar Chaman Nimruz .Quetta Qalat Qandahar Fort Sandeman Punjab City International boundary Internal administrative boundary National capital Provincial capital Figure 1 ...
... Areas PAKISTAN Wana Tank Lashkar Gaho Zaranj Helmand J Qandahar Chaman Nimruz .Quetta Qalat Qandahar Fort Sandeman Punjab City International boundary Internal administrative boundary National capital Provincial capital Figure 1 ...
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... areas . The measures - especially those dealing with changes in the status of women and the nature of marriage , the abolition of usury , and land reform - were so unpopular that by late 1978 insurrections had begun in various parts of ...
... areas . The measures - especially those dealing with changes in the status of women and the nature of marriage , the abolition of usury , and land reform - were so unpopular that by late 1978 insurrections had begun in various parts of ...
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Abdur Rahman Afghan Afghan army Afghan government Afghanistan agricultural Ahmad Shah Amanullah Amin Amu Darya April areas armed forces Asian attacks Bagrami Bamian Bank border Bradsher British Canfield Central Asia century country's coup Daoud Dost Mohammad Dupree Durrani economic established estimated ethnic groups exports faction Field Staff foreign ghan Ghilzai guerrilla Hazarajat Hazaras Herat Hindu Kush important included India industry International invasion Iran Iranian Islam Jalalabad Kabul Karmal KHAD Khalq Khan kilometers Kirghiz Konduz land late leaders leftist Loya Jirgah major ment meters military million Ministry Moscow Muhammad mujahidiin Muslim nomads Nuristanis officers output Pakistan Parcham party Pashtun Pashtunistan PDPA percent Peshawar political population prime minister production provinces Qandahar refugees regime region religious reports resistance Revolution role ruler Russian sector Shahrani Shia social Soviet advisers Soviet Union stan Sufi Tajik Taraki tion trade tribal tribes United Uzbek Western