With the events of September 11, 2001 and the ensuing military actions, it was felt that the most appropriate focus for this issue’s “Web Gleanings” would be sites about Afghanistan, the Taliban and related subjects. Many official Taliban sites have been removed from the WWW but there are still articles and books predating September 11, 2001 that remain on the Web. Due to the large number of sites offered in this issue’s column, the notations will be more brief than usual.
GATEWAYS/LINK COLLECTIONS
Title: Afghanistan Resources
URL: http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/HTML/AfghanistanLinks.htm
Links to Lesson Plans, Maps, Photos, News, etc. Highly recommended,
and a good starting place for teachers.
Title: Yahoo! – Taliban & Al-Qaeda Network
URL: http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/a/afghanistan.html
Yahoo! UK links to articles and multimedia on the conflict in Afghanistan.
Title: Afghan Network
URL: http://www.afghan-network.net/
A portal to information on many areas of Afghan life.
Title: Afghanistan Online
URL: http://www.afghan-web.com/
A site published in the U.S. with links to information about Afghanistan ranging from the history to languages to sports.
Title: America Responds to Terrorism
URL: http://www.crf-usa.org/terror/terrorism_links.htm
A huge number of links to lesson plans, to information on terrorism, to Middle Eastern sites, to background articles, to information on Islam, to broadcast media, and more.
LESSON PLANS
Title: NY Times: America Attacks
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/terrorism/index.html
Lesson plans for grades 6 – 12.
Title: PBS: America Responds
URL: http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html
Classroom resources from PBS.
Title: All About Afghanistan for Kids and Teachers
URL: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/kids_and_teachers/index.htm
Facts, maps, activities for kids, background information on Afghanistan.
NEWS AND CURRENT Ev ENTS
Title: IslamiCity
URL: http://www.islamicity.org/
Latest news links and articles from Afghanistan and other Muslim nations.
Title: Azadi Afghan Radio
URL: http://www.afghanradio.com/
News, Interviews and Special Reports from Afghan Radio.
Title: Afghan News Network
URL: http://www.myafghan.com/
Located in the U.S. and run by college students, this site collects the latest
news about Afghanistan.
ARTICLES
Title: Institute for Afghan Studies
URL: http://www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org/
Extensive coverage of the current events, history, economy, the Taliban,
human rights, and the country of Afghanistan.
Title: The Toledo Blade
URL: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Kategori=SRTALIBAN
Articles on “Taliban’s Forbidden World” dating from before Sept. 11, 2001.
Title: Understanding the Mid East & Central Asia
URL: http://www.alternet.org/issues/index.html?IssueAreaId =28
Articles about the “War on Terrorism” from an organization ‘dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism.’ Recent offerings include articles from The New Yorker, The Nation, and The New York Review of Books.
MEDIA SPECIAL REPORTS
Title: CNN: War Against Terror
URL: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/islam/
CNN special collection of articles on Islam.
Title: Washington Post: Pakistan
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/pakistan/front.html
Answers to questions about Pakistan with respect to the military conflict against Afghanistan.
Title: New Battlefield: The Afghan files.
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/new_battlefield/afghanistan.asp
Military and political issues in the conflict with Afghanistan.
Title: Online NewsHour—Afghanistan
URL: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/afghanistan/index.html
PBS News Hour Special Report on Afghanistan.
Title: Life in Afghanistan
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,550821,00.html
From the Guardian in the UK, an index of articles and photos on life in
Afghanistan.
U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES
Title: CIA World Factbook – Afghanistan
URL: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
Facts and figures about Afghanistan.
Title: U.S. State d ept. Focus on Afghanistan
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/
U.S. Policy with regard to the Taliban and Afghanistan.
MISCELLANEOUS
Title: Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier
URL: http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/edwards.xml
A book written in 1996 by David B. Edwards about “the moral incoherence” of Afghanistan. The full text is offered on-line.
Title: Taliban Photo Gallery
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/uimonen/index.html
Photos taken in 1996 of the Taliban for National Geographic magazine