Afghanistan War Issues

• 1979-1989, Soviet Intervention
• 2001-present

• Al Qaeda@
• Taliban@

• Blogs@

• Regional: Asia: Afghanistan 
• Regional: Asia: Afghanistan: Society and Culture: Issues 

• Afghanistan  - Amnesty International's 2009 report on the state of Human Rights in Afghanistan; also includes links to recent related reports.
• Backgrounder on Afghanistan: History of the War  - An article published in October 2001 analyzes the background to the US-led military intervention in Afghanistan, with sections on the Soviet Occupation, civil war, and the Taliban conquest of Afghanistan.
• Timeline: Afghanistan  - A chronology of key events in the country's history and politics from 1919 to the present; from the BBC.