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A man prays before buring the body of his 8-year-old son who died of pneumonia after arriving at the Mazlak Camp near Herat, Afghanistan

FROM THE TIME ARCHIVES

Afghanistan: Frozen In Time
Examines government rule and neglect
MAY 29, 2000

The Taliban's Land of Milk and Honey
Profiles the city of Herat
MAY 29, 2000

Still No Place for the Ladies
Little progress for women
MAY 29, 2000

Bringing Hope and Homework to the Girls
Women's education
MAY 29, 2000

Public Enemy No. 1
Details the hunt for Osama bin Laden
MARCH 20, 2000

Tehran vs. The Taliban
Foreign relations and religion
SEPTEMBER 28, 1998

Tyranny of the Taliban
Return to a medieval way of life
OCTOBER 13, 1997

WEB RESOURCES

ReliefWeb.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs compiles news briefs, statistics and U.N. documents

U.S. Department of State
Official position, briefings on the Taliban, terrorism and Afghan drug trade

U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees
Reports and statistics on Afghan refugees

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
2000 World Factbook entry on Afghanistan

Amnesty International
Reports on human rights and refugees





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