Afghanistan Travel Information

Cityscape at Sunrise, Kabul, Afghanistan Photographic Print
Victor, Stephane
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• The USSR invaded the country in 1979, and remained there until 1989. During this period, the US backed the Afghanistan resistance movement, known as the Mujahideen.
  
  
• The Soviet backed Communist regime remained in power until 1992, until it was eventually overthrown by the Mujahideen.
  
  
• Civil war then broke out been various Mujahideen factions, this fighting peaking in 1994.
  
  
• The Taliban then began to develop. Eventually they took control of Kabul in 1996, and subsequently most of the country.
  
  
• Following the 9/11 attacks on the United States, in 2001, a coalition led by the US and Britain began bombing the Taliban, and backed the Northern Alliance in the Afghan civil war. This eventually led to the overthrow of the Taliban regime, and the establishment of a new Afghan government. However, Taliban resistance to both the Afghan government and coalition forces continues to this day.

Pilgrims at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Who was Assassinated in 661, Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan Photographic Print Sweeney, Jane Buy at AllPosters.com

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The Famous White Pigeons, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan Photographic Print
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Afghanistan A Volatile Country By Omer Vikas BookSurge Publishing Released: 2007-12-17 Paperback (172 pages) List Price: $13.99* Lowest New Price: $13.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Past and present history of Afghanistan is being covered in this book. Relations of Afghanistan with Pakistan, United States and other countries is also discussed. Role of Afghanistan in war on terror and current government setup in 2007 is also focussed.

Lonely Planet Afghanistan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) (Country Guide) By Paul Clammer Lonely Planet Paperback (244 pages) List Price: $25.99* Lowest New Price: $14.92* Lowest Used Price: $9.54* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Discover Afghanistan Blink as you emerge from the cliffs at the top of one of Bamiyan's enormous Buddha niches, p.117 Stop pedalling for a moment and drift in your swan-shaped pedalo on the waters of Band-e Amir, p.122 Utter a great smoking sigh of contentment as you puff on a sheesha at Mirwais Shandaiz, p.194 In This Guide: Chapters on working and safety in Afghanistan, with advice from resident expats. Specialist contributors write on journalism, women, and trekking in the Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir. Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler reflects on travel to Afghanistan over the decades.

Baechtold's Best: Afghanistan: The Ultimate Visual Travel Guide By Claude Baechtold & Paolo Woods Abrams Image Paperback (88 pages) List Price: $12.95* Lowest New Price: $0.01* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780810992238 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: Planning a trip to Afghanistan? Bring a Baechtold! Baechtold's Best is a revolutionary concept in travel guides for both the adventurous traveler and the arm-chair variety. Created exclusively using images and maps, Baechtold introduces the traveler to the best of what each country has to offer. Most guides boast encyclopedic ambitions and fill their pages with lengthy descriptions. By contrast, Baechtold guides are created on the premise that one good photograph and an address are enough to point the intrepid traveler in the right direction. Each guide consists of four categories of destinations (People, Nature, Art, and Things) accompanied by a map to get you there. For each subject, Baechtold offers a number of choices and then designates a "best" the country has to offer. For Afghanistan a traveler can learn where to find the best field for picking poppy flowers, the sandstorm that packs the most punch, and the perfect watermelon stand. Included are not only the best hotels and restaurants, but the places where the skies are the bluest, the jeeps the rustiest, and the kids the cutest. Both humorous and helpful, the Baechtold's Best are essential to every traveler aiming to see more of Afghanistan than what's on TV.

2008 Country Profile and Guide to Afghanistan - National Travel Guidebook and Handbook - American War on Terror, Taliban, al-Qaeda (Al-Qaida), Bagram Airfield, Kabul, Khost, Karzai (Four CD-ROM Set) By U.S. Government Progressive Management CD-ROM (99999 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $26.96* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on four CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Afghanistan, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc set provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! There is complete coverage of newsworthy material about Afghanistan, including the War on Terror, the Taliban and al-Qaeda, 9/11 aftermath, Hamid Karzai, Bagram Airfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer District, Kabul, Khost, Ayenda, Clinton Administration, Bush, First Lady, and Vice President Cheney visits, USAID (with over 32,000 pages of USAID reports), business and export, support for women, children, and refugees, U.S. relations, and more. This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included reports about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable world encyclopedia reference book.

The Light Garden of the Angel King: Travels in Afghanistan with Bruce Chatwin By Peter Levi Pallas Athene Paperback (230 pages) List Price: $24.99* Lowest New Price: $7.57* Lowest Used Price: $5.00* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Originally written in 1972, this classic work of travel literature charts the journey of an Oxford scholar and a legendary travel writer through a now–lost Afghanistan. With a new Introduction by the author.

Afghanistan: Crosslines Essential Field Guides to Humanitarian and Conflict Zones By Edward Girardet Media Action International Paperback (544 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest Used Price: $400.00* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Updated to reflect recent events, this guidebook provides a unique and indispensable tool for anyone working and traveling in Afghanistan. Specially commissioned articles from leading experts in the field examine Afghanistan’s historical legacy and contemporary milieu, covering everything from the security situation and the resurgence of the Taliban to two decades of human rights abuses and the current situation of women. Street maps for all major cities, practical advice on daily survival, important contacts, and a list of key phrases make this an essential practical resource for any visitor to Afghanistan. Detailed information and statistics on key political and humanitarian sectors are included. This replaces 2970017601.

The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India By Mathew Wilson Nomad Press Hardcover (192 pages) List Price: $22.95* Lowest New Price: $5.99* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Offering an intimate look at the people and places of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, this memoir by adventurer and historian Mathew Wilson recounts journeys into remote areas as a member of the British army and with his family in the late 1960s. Wilson relates stories of crossing the Hindu Kush with his pregnant wife and two-year-old son and running a gauntlet of armed border guards to get his injured son to a hospital. Twenty-one years later, Wilson returned to honor a promise made to a Hindu priest in Central India-to seek, find, and follow the fleeting shadow of the Rani of Jhansi, one of the heroines of India's 1957 revolt against British rule.

Afghanistan: Hope and Beauty in a War-torn Land By Ursula Meissner Bucher-Lounge Paperback (192 pages) List Price: $35.00* Lowest New Price: $4.64* Lowest Used Price: $4.63* Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item.* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Journalist Ursula Meissner wants to shake us up about Afghanistan and help its people. Her photographs and stories tell of a land at a crossroads, of the magic of an unknown country and the horror of recent events, as well as of the bravery of its women; from the roses and fields of poppies at the foot of the Hindu Kush to a pair of red high-heeled shoes that are a symbol of hope. Even after decades of violence Afghanistan has preserved its magic.

Afghanistan By Chris Steele-Perkins Mariner Books Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $50.00* Lowest New Price: $10.00* Lowest Used Price: $5.84* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: "Afghanistan" is introduced by the French essayist and traveller André Velter and includes essays and verses by the Afghani poet Sayd Bahodine Majrouh, who was assassinated in Pakistan in 1988. 76 duotone photographs.

Kabul, Afghanistan: Guide to the International City By International City Guides International City Guides Paperback (28 pages) List Price: $9.99* Lowest New Price: $9.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:03 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Kabul, Afghanistan: Guide to the International City is a high quality information guide which includes the history, facts, geography, demographics, and other key information related to the international city of Kabul, Afghanistan.