Islam, Muslims, News and Views on Afghanistan

Capital: Kabul
Population: 28.5 Million
Muslims Percent: 99% (approx. 28.2 Million)

Robert Fisk: At the al-Qa'ida cemetery, people kiss the earth above the honoured dead

Robert Fisk: Explosives that US knew would kill innocents continue to take their toll

Robert Fisk: Ladies and gentlemen, let's have a big hand for Gul Agha - the UN's warlord of the year

Robert Fisk: Families of the disappeared demand answers

Robert Fisk: For the forgotten Afghans, the UN offers a fresh hell

Robert Fisk: The return to Afghanistan: Collateral damage

Afghans make deadly foes: British trainer

American Author Says 'I Admire Afghans Beyond Words'

The king of Greater Afghanistan - Guardian

Understanding the Talibans

The Taliban and Women


NEWS:

08/12/04 Afghanistan swears in first democratic leader - Guardian

07/12/04 Warlords, poppies and slow progress - Guardian

19/11/04 Afghanistan: a nation abandoned to drugs

19/10/04 Kandahar's No 1 lady detective fights crime from under a burqa

11/10/04 Boycott flops as Afghan poll declared fair - Guardian

02/10/04 Beer festivals and elections: the new face of Afghanistan

13/09/04 Bush's Test in Afghanistan - Christian Science Monitor

13/07/04 Afghan warlords 'bigger threat than Taliban'

23/06/04 Afghan detainees routinely tortured and humiliated by US troops

25/05/04 Afghanistan, the war the world forgot

18/04/04 Record poppy crop makes mockery of Afghanistan's 'jihad' on opium

20/03/04 Injustice in Afghanistan - Washington Post

03/11/03 Bikini Liberation?

20/05/03 Afghan warlords hoarding income - Guardian, UK

26/09/02 Massive post-war rise in production of Afghan opium