Choose from one of the six topics listed below. You are to find an article pertaining to that event. Suggestions are listed with each topic. Try to locate photos if possible.
1) 1985: Half of the Afghan population is now estimated to be displaced by war, with many fleeing to neighboring Iran or Pakistan.
Suggestions:
- Articles about perils of journey out of Afghanistan and into Iran or Pakistan
- Articles about life in refugee camps
- Articles about impact on Iran or Pakistan. How do these countries feel about housing these refugees?
2) 1996: Taliban seize control of Kabul and introduce hardline version of Islam, banning women from work, and introducing Islamic punishments, which include stoning to death and amputations.
Suggestions:
- Articles about resistance in Kabul
- Reaction articles from women
- Articles covering cases where harsh punishments were carried out
3) 1998: Earthquakes kill thousands of people
Suggestions:
- Articles discussing responses from other countries. Who? What did they do?
- Articles covering Afghanistan's response (medical, looting, etc)
4) 2002 (July-September): Vice President Haji Qadir is assassinated by gunmen in Kabul in July. Interim Head of State Hamid Karzai narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Khandahar in September.
Suggestions:
- Articles covering the impact the weather had on crops/famine
- Articles covering the devastation
5) 2005 (February): Several hundred people are killed in the harshest winter weather in a decade.
Suggestions:
- Articles covering the impact this weather had on crops/famine
- Articles covering the devastation
6) 2006 (May-June): Scores of people are killed in battles between Taliban fighters and Afghan and coalition forces in the south during an offensive known as Operation Mountain Thrust.
Suggestions:
- Articles covering who was fighting and why
- Articles covering the devastation to the area during the battles (fallen buildings, innocent deaths, etc)
Using the following links you will access information on the events listed above.
Afghanistan's Website - includes news, photographs and history
National Geographic - Afghanistan - photos and a map of country
CIA - Fact Book
Information on many aspects of Afghanistan
Afghanistan - information on may of the above topics
USGS - Afghanistan earthquake info
Gale Student Resources in Context - database
Global Issues in Context - database
UNICEF
