Afghanistan

Contents
Preface
Foreword
World Map
Chronology
1. Historical Background on Afghanistan
	Chapter Exercises
	1. Three Decades of Human Rights Abuses in Afghanistan: An Overview • Patricia Gossman
	2. The Soviet Union Explains Its Intervention in Afghanistan • Boris Gromov
	3. The Afghan Government Reacts to US President Jimmy Carter’s State of the Union Address • The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
	4. A Report to the United Nations on the Soviet Atrocities in Afghanistan • Felix Ermacora
	5. A United Nations Resolution on the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan • United Nations
	6. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan • Kim Masters Evans
2. Issues and Controversies Surrounding Afghanistan
	Chapter Exercises
	1. Genocide Was an Accepted Soviet Anti-Guerilla Tactic • Claude Malhuret
	2. Soviet Land Mines Endangered Children but Did Not Specifically Target Them • Rae McGrath
	3. Soviets Used Chemical Weapons Against Afghan Mujahideen and Civilians • Stuart J.D. Schwartzstein
	4. The Soviet Occupiers Derailed Afghanistan’s Justice System • Michael Barry, Omar Babrakzai, and Ghafoor Yussofzai
	5. Afghanistan Needed Humanitarian Aid as Well as Military Support to Halt Genocide • Edward Girardet
	6. The Soviet War in Afghanistan Was a Key Factor in the Collapse of the Soviet Union • Rafael Reuveny and Aseem Prakash
	7. US Involvement in Afghanistan Yielded Numerous Unforeseen Consequences • David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis
3: Personal Narratives
	Chapter Exercises
	1. Life for Afghans in a War Zone • Niyaz Turdi, as told to Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits
	2. Mother of Three Reflects on Work in Afghanistan • Jan Cartwright
	3. Afghanistan War: Lessons from the Soviet War • Edward Girardet
	4. Afghanistan’s Last Two Jews Feuding • Steven Gutkin
	5. The Systemic Abuse of Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan • Human Rights Watch
Organizations to Contact
List of Primary Source Documents
For Further Research
Index