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INDEX
Abdali confederation
Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Khan (son of Sher Ali)
Abdu’Rahman
builds spy network, security services
centralizes Afghan government
consolidates village republics
controls religious leaders
formalizes agreements with British
death of
Abu Ghraib
Adel, Ibrahim
Afghan culture. See Culture of Afghanistan
Afghan Interim Government (AIG)
Afghan National Army (ANA)
Afghan National Police (ANP)
Afghan Star television program
Afghan Student Association
Afghanistan
cities bombed in retribution for 9/11
daunting problems of post-Bonn era
dynastic empire under Ahmad Shah
as family business under Mohammedzais
independence recognized by GB, world
mineral wealth
modern borders established (1879)
modernization programs
as nexus for Islamism
nonaligned during Cold War
opposes Pakistan state over Peshawar issue
reconstruction (see Reconstruction of Afghanistan)
Soviet invasion/depopulation/ withdrawal
Taliban takes control of Mujahideen-held provinces
culture (see Culture of Afghanistan)
Afghanistan in the Course of History (Ghobar)
Afghanistan Unveiled film
Afghans-4-Tomorrow
Afghan–Soviet War
Af-Pak policies of Obama
Agency for International Development (AID)
Ahad, Abdul
Ahmad Khan. See Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah
as young man, early reign
as patriarch of patriarchs
sacks India
unites Pushtoons and ethnic groups
death of
Ahmad Shah Baba. See Ahmad Shah
Airports
Akbar (son of Dost Mohammed). See Akbar Khan, Wazir
Akbar Khan, Wazir
as young man of war
as Dost Mohammed’s heir
leads Afghan rebellion against British
death of
Al Qaeda
origins
bombs embassies in Nairobi and Tanzania
Bush’s perspective
considers airplanes as suicide bombs
trains for 9/11 attacks
implications of bin Laden’s death
Al-Azhar University
Albright, Madeleine
Alcohol consumption
Alexander the Great
Ali, Mohammed
Ali Ahmad
Allah-u-Akbar demonstration against Soviets
Amanullah
succeeds Habibullah
attains independence from GB
implements revolutionary reforms
travels to Europe
overthrown by bandit Saqao
dies in exile in Italy
vanishes from collective Afghan memory
loyalists strike at Nadir
American Idol television program
Amin, Hafizullah
conflicts with Soviets
leads coup against Daoud (1978)
reduces dependence on Soviets
second in command in Khalq regime
murdered by Soviets during invasion
Amin of Logar
Andropov, Yuri
Anglo-Afghan War, First (1839–1842)
Anglo-Afghan War, Second (1878–1880)
Anglo-Afghan War, Third (1919)
Ansary, Aman (father of author)
birth, youth
education abroad, marriage
on Kabul University faculty, administration
on HVA project
Ansary, Khwadja Abdullah
Arab Afghans
Arghandab Dam
Ariana
Ariana Airlines
Ariana TV
Article 24 of the constitution
Arts return to Afghanistan
Asef (author’s uncle)
Asia Foundation
Asian Women’s Conference in Ceylon
Asma Restya
Asmatey, Zabiullah
Atash, Nadir
Ataturk
Auckland, Lord (George Eden)
Ayatollah Khomeini
Ayub
Babar, Naseerullah
Bagram airbase/detention center
Bala Hissar palace
Bamiyan valley
Barakzais clan
Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali
Biden, Joe
Bin Laden, Osama
allied to, funds, Taliban as Arab Afghan
bombings of 1998
focused on by US policy makers
issues fatwa videotape
significance of his death
Bismarck, Otto von
Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Swan movie
Blackwater private security
Bollywood movies
Bombings. See Suicide bombings; specific incidents
Bonaparte, Napoleon. See Napoleon
Bonn Conference (2001)
Brezhnev, Leonid
Bridas oil company
Britain. See Great Britain
British Empire. See Great Britain
British invasions of Afghanistan. See Anglo-Afghan wars
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
Buddha sculptures destroyed
Buddhism
Buddhist monastery at Mes Aynak
Bulgheroni, Carlos
Burnes, Alexander
Burqa. See also Chad’ri
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
disregards bin Laden, Taliban
increases troops, contractors, in Afghanistan
invades Iraq
sees Afghan intervention as purely military
Buzkashi games
Capitalism. See Entrepreneurships
Carter, Jimmy
Cavagnari, Louis Napoleon
Cell phones
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Amin’s rumored association
increases secret US funding for Mujahideen
Pakistan funding helps bin Laden
pays Ahmad Wali Karzai for paramilitary
plans to kill bin Laden
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
Chad’ri. See also Burqa
Chad’ri initiative
Chamberlain, Neville
Charkhi family
Chernenko, Konstantin
China
awarded copper concession, with kickback
Communist insurgents take over (1949)
produces cheap generators for villages
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Cities
disconnected from old Afghanistan
flooded with homeless people See also Kabul
Civil wars
Clinton, Bill
strikes retaliate for embassy bombings
struggles with bin Laden menace
Coghlan, Tom
Cold War
background
HVA used to promote US goals
US and Soviet v
ie to support Afghanistan
bipolar competition ends
Cole, Sonia Nassery
Communism
and Amin’s PDPA
ideology filters through military, universities
indoctrination offends villagers
not good fit for Muslims
Soviet empire ends
See also Marxism-Leninism; People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Constitution of Afghanistan
under Nadir (1931) rewritten by commoner cabinet (1963)
of Bonn commission (2003)
Copper
Corriega, Mr. (HVA engineer)
Corruption
banned under Amanullah’s code
of foreign development projects
as nepotism
small-scale becomes endemic throughout government
Corruptocracy
Counterinsurgency approach
Counterterrorism approach
Coups
Culture of Afghanistan
and Alexander Burnes
change intended by foreign interventions
generosity, charity, revered
helping kin
as macho
and Musahibban
nature of leadership
resolving contradictions
revealed through museum artifacts
roles of women
Czechoslovakia
Dado, Amir
Dadullah, Mullah
Dalaks
Daoud, Sardar
background
as anti-Pakistan Pushtoon nationalist
receives aid from both Soviet Union and US
moves women’s emancipation forward
deposes king, declares himself president
killed by PDPA coup (1978)
Daoud’s Folly
Dari language as lingua franca
Darya-i-Noor diamond
Dehmazang prison
Demonstrations
both leftists and radical Islamists
signal collapse of Soviet empire
against Soviet invasion
topple Bhutto in Pakistan
Deobandism
Depopulation of Afghanistan by Soviets
Development
aid funds don’t reach villages flourishes alongside violence
generated from both sides in Cold War
industrial as priority for Daoud
Disraeli, Benjamin
Dogs
Dost Mohammed Khan
introduced
Afghan consolidation set back by Soviet invasion
battles for, seeks alliance over, Peshawar
outwaits GB in India (1839–1842)
regains Herat