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Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil unrest. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979, but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces. The Communist regime in Kabul collapsed in 1992. Fighting that subsequently erupted among the various mujahidin factions eventually helped to spawn the Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement that fought to end the warlordism and civil war that gripped the country. The Taliban seized Kabul in 1996 and were able to capture most of the country outside of Northern Alliance strongholds primarily in the northeast. Following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, a US, Allied, and Northern Alliance military action toppled the Taliban for sheltering Osama BIN LADIN. In late 2001, a conference in Bonn, Germany, established a process for political reconstruction that ultimately resulted in the adoption of a new constitution and presidential election in 2004. On 9 October 2004, Hamid KARZAI became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan. The new Afghan government's next task is to hold National Assembly elections, tentatively scheduled for April 2005.To be updated

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Hey. I was reading The Atlantic and they had an ad for the Templeton foundation. They caught you by putting the first half of numerous essays regarding whether the universe has a purpose. They are quite good. The link is http://www.templeton.org/questions/purpose/. If it just goes straight to templeton.org the first time, add the "/purpose" after that. Here is something else: There I was, sitting on an isolated dock with only the twinkling stars and the gentle lapping of waves against the dock to keep me company. This was a very peaceful spot, one to which I had come many times b [View Full Entry]

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By bedreddin
October 11th 2007

Afghanistan, Finally

 Asia » Afghanistan
Getting off a bus after sunset in the middle of Herat with absolutely *no* information, neither map nor directions nor knowledge of prices, unable to speak the language, and with my enormous backpack and /khareji/ clothes *clearly* a very stupid westerner in a country with an emerging appetite for kidnapping foreigners... no, probably not the most intelligent move I've made. It's not like I was too arrogant to be scared either. Maybe stupid is the right word. The place was like a wave descending on me, the sudden onslaught of all the stereotypes of Afghanistan come to life: the ancient "p [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 13th 2007 | 1034 Views | [diary=210871]


By bedreddin
October 8th 2007

Alive in Herat

 Asia » Afghanistan
On the off chance (extremely unlikely) that there are people out there calling embassies and desperate to get news from me (like I said, very unlikely), I'm alive and doing well, although I still don't know what the penalty is for being a Khareji in Herat... I've been adopted by two really cool (Hazara) guys: one with an amazing life story (and pretty good english), and the other who is just returning from work in Saudi Arabia (and so I pretended like I spoke Arabic with him). When not sharing personal histories they're telling me about how the "Talib"s are going [View Full Entry]

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Our Group
Our Group
This is the entire group that I was traveling with. I'm in the first row, second from the left.
In going to Afghanistan, I wanted to do several things, such as: better understand Afghan culture; learn some Dari; and show Afghans that Westerners (and Americans specifically) are capable of visiting other countries in capacities other than in the military. While I did all of these things to at least a certain extent, the thing that sticks out in my mind was how crazy the security situation got the day we arrived. Security Situation Before we even got out of Europe, we heard on the news at the airport that two Germans had been kidnapped in central Afghanistan (read [View Full Entry]

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Kabul from air
Bombed Out Building
RPG

I lost all of this year's entries in the server crash. I never trust the internet however and, luckily made backup copies of everything I had published. I did lose two saved entries though. That will probably further set my "story timeline" a few days off the "actual timeline" so you won't know how it ends until about a week and some. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll re-uplod the lost pictures after I get back home and get a hardwire connection. In the meantime I'll continue re-uploading all my old shit. Later. Teddy [View Full Entry]

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Bamyan
Bamyan
This is where I'm headed. It's apparently gorgeous.
When people hear that I’m going to spend a month in Afghanistan, they usually have a bunch of questions, namely: Why? Because I’ve answered this question about a dozen times already (and never really to anyone’s satisfaction), I’ve decided to try to explain it here. So, here in the form of a FAQs page, is all the information I think anyone could want on the topic and my reasoning. Feel free to respond, denouncing my hippy logic, if you feel the urge. Question #1: You’re doing what? I’m going to Afghanistan. I will flying out of Germany on Ju [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 26th 2007 | 659 Views | [diary=214438]


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November 2004 - Perhaps foolishly I thought that that the transport to Herat would only take one day, however, after thirteen hours cramped in to a toyota pickup truck with ten other people, the sun had begun, and finished, its descent to the west and we were still in the wilderness. We had been driving since 3AM the previous morning through rivers and over mountains. we had endured two punctures, replaced the petrol tank and had to get out and push no less than five times and , but at no point had we been on anything that could even loosely [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 10th 2007 | 1740 Views | [diary=136736]

Murghab
one of my armed guards
my armed guards

Salang Pass
Salang Pass
On the way to Mazar-e Sharif, a view towards the Salang Pass
And a short trip it was... I wanted to go up North for two weeks or so, but I stayed only for 4 days... Plans change... Anyway, I went up to Mazar-e Sharif to look at Afghanistan’s holiest shrine, the tomb of Imam Ali, the son in law of the prophet Mohammed... It is all a bit confusing as according to most Muslims he is buried in Najaf in Iraq, which is one of the most important pilgrimage sights in the world especially for Shiite Muslims... According to legend, he visited some local mullah in a dream (of course...) revealing his [View Full Entry]

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Mazar-e Sharif
Mazar-e Sharif
Mazar-e Sharif

Herat
Herat
Herat sky-line with the Masjid-e Jame'
So, as you can see from this update, I am still alive after crossing through the centre of Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. First Herat, a bustling city and a good place to get accustomed to Afghanistan. It has some interesting and beautiful sights, like the Jameh Mosque, the Musalla complex and views from the citadel in the old town are superb. I stayed in Herat for 3 days, checking with the tourist office how security was on the central route. The guy at the tourist office was very helpful and asked around with drivers who were plying the route how [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 12th 2007 | 641 Views | [diary=191646]

Herat
Herat
Herat


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