Area Handbook for AfghanistanGeneral study of Afghanistan - covers historical aspects, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, the social structure, ethnic groups, languages, family structure, living conditions, education, fine arts, religion, the political system, international relations, mass media, the economic structure, agriculture, industry, labour force, labour relations, trade, public finance, banking, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 405 to 424, map and statistical tables. |
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... Durani tribe , to which the king and his family belong , from six to forty - three . A continuing problem in executive - legislative relations remained the overwhelmingly rural character of Parlia- ment as opposed to the urban ...
... Durani tribe , to which the king and his family belong , from six to forty - three . A continuing problem in executive - legislative relations remained the overwhelmingly rural character of Parlia- ment as opposed to the urban ...
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... Durani , a tribal chief of the Pashtuns . It has been a kingdom of considerable mystery to the West ; only since the beginning of the twentieth century has it emerged from cultural and political isolation into world affairs . Under the ...
... Durani , a tribal chief of the Pashtuns . It has been a kingdom of considerable mystery to the West ; only since the beginning of the twentieth century has it emerged from cultural and political isolation into world affairs . Under the ...
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... Durani confederation , have ruled successively . The Sadozai lineage of the Popalzai tribe was in power until 1835 , when , after a quar- rel , members of the rebelling Mohammadzai lineage of the Ba- rakzai tribe took over the throne ...
... Durani confederation , have ruled successively . The Sadozai lineage of the Popalzai tribe was in power until 1835 , when , after a quar- rel , members of the rebelling Mohammadzai lineage of the Ba- rakzai tribe took over the throne ...
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... Durani , the founder of modern Afghani- stan , and is surrounded by the lands held by the Durani tribes . The city was originally encircled by a wall which , in 1967. was almost entirely destroyed . This area forms the center of modern ...
... Durani , the founder of modern Afghani- stan , and is surrounded by the lands held by the Durani tribes . The city was originally encircled by a wall which , in 1967. was almost entirely destroyed . This area forms the center of modern ...
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... Durani , but succeeding kings had to fight for its retention . The city is flat , mud - walled , and dominated by the mighty bulwark of the ancient citadel . The only remains of glory are the fifteenth - century mosque , the Timurid ...
... Durani , but succeeding kings had to fight for its retention . The city is flat , mud - walled , and dominated by the mighty bulwark of the ancient citadel . The only remains of glory are the fifteenth - century mosque , the Timurid ...
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Abdur Rahman Afghan Afghanistan agricultural Aimaks Amanullah Amu Darya animals Arabic Asia Badakhshan Baluchi Bank bazaars border British centers Central century Chahar Aimaks cotton country's cultivation cultural Durani economic established ethnic groups export farmers foreign Ghazni Ghilzai Hari Rud Hazarajat Hazaras Helmand Herat Hindu Kush important India industrial Iran Iranian irrigation Islam Jalalabad Jirgah Kabul University Kandahar karakul Khan King Kunduz labor land language leaders lineage live loans Maimana major Mazar-i-Sharif ment miles military million Ministry modern Mohammad Mohammad Zahir Shah Moslem mountain mullahs nomads northern Nuristan official Pakistan Pashto Pashtunistan Pashtuns percent Persian persons political population provinces Pul-i-Khumri region relations religious River rural schools Shah Shiite social Soviet Union status Sunnite Tajiks teachers tion towns trade traditional tribal tribes Turkic Turkomans United urban usually Uzbeks Valley village women workers Zahir