Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked sovereign state located in the centre of Asia, forming part of South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia. With an estimated population of about 29 million, it has an area of 647,500 km2, making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and the east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. The territory of Afghanistan has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and human migration. Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation from as far back as 50,000 BC. Urban civilization may have begun in the area as early as 3,000 to 2,000 BC. ..."
Measures of Freedom
Afghanistan | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Not Free, Freedom Score 6.0, Civil Liberties: 6, Political Rights: 6
"In 2011, the Afghan political landscape still reverberated from the flawed 2010 parliamentary elections, and the presidentÂ’s ultimately unsuccessful attempts to alter the election results by means of an unconstitutional special court demonstrated the weaknesses of the judicial system."
2012: Status: Not Free, Freedom Score 6.0, Civil Liberties: 6, Political Rights: 6
"In 2011, the Afghan political landscape still reverberated from the flawed 2010 parliamentary elections, and the presidentÂ’s ultimately unsuccessful attempts to alter the election results by means of an unconstitutional special court demonstrated the weaknesses of the judicial system."
Articles
Bush's Opium Boom, by James Bovard, 28 May 2003
Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it, by Chalmers Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb 2004
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
Cartoons
Re-invade Afghanistan!, by Ted Rall, 7 Feb 2009
The terrain is formidable ..., by Jim McCloskey, The News Leader, 23 Sep 2009
Declaration of Thingamajig, by Mark Fiore, 22 Jun 2011
Related Topics: Barack Obama, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen
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Related Topics: Barack Obama, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen
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