Britain exerted some influence over Afghan foreign policy from the late nineteenth century until the Third Anglo-Afghan War
When Afghanistan Independence
Kabul fell to forces led by Bacha-i-Saqao
Afghanistan joined the UN
independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan
Islamic traditionalists and ethnic leaders began an armed revolt
RAWA’s activities were confined to agitation for women’s rights and democracy
The strategies used by the tsar’s generals to subdue the khans north of the Amu Darya may have beeninstructive to Soviet commanders who moved across the river
RAWA launched a bilingual (Persian/Pashtu) magazine, Payam-e-Zan (Woman's Message)
the General Assembly also began a separate consideration of the human rights situation in Afghanistan
The founders were a number of Afghan woman intellectuals under the sagacious leadership of Meena was assassinated
WFP provided 60,000 metric tons of food to needy Afghans, while FAO provided 6,800 tons of seed and more than half a million fruit and poplar saplings
focus of RAWA’s political struggle has been against the fundamentalists’ and the ultra-fundamentalist Taliban’s criminal policies and atrocities against the people of Afghanistan in general and their incredibly ultra-male-chauvinistic and anti-woman orien
nearly 2.4 million children under five years of age were immunized against polio and more than 80,000 under two years old were inoculated against measles
As the Taleban captured Kabul
the Security Council noted the increasingly ethnic nature of the conflict, and reports of ethnicity-based persecution
the United Nations Population Fund estimated the population of Afghanistan at some 22.7 million
he US "War on terrorism" removed the Taliban regime