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Article
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Rebuilding Afghanistan [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article (2002) examines the unrealistic goal of reconstructing Afghanistan as a democratic, secular state. Discussed is the reconstruction through creating peace and restoring the basic economy as opposed to rebuilding the entire...
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Interactive
CBS

Cbs News: Rebuilding Afghanistan

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this interactive presentation and learn about Afghanistan's geography, history and people and what is being done to rebuild this country. (2004)
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Wide Angle: A Woman Among Warloards

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a video of Joya Malaly, a woman running for the parliament in Afghanistan in the first parliamentary election in more than 30 years. It shows the tremendous struggle and danger she endures running for election as a woman but...
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Bonn Agreement One Year Later

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that relates the struggle of Afghanistan after the wars. Article outlines the continuing efforts of the Afghan Transitional Administration and the world at large to bring peace and healing to a war torn country. (4 December 2002)
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Article
United Nations

United Nations: Afghanistan and the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive historical overview of the relationship between Afghanistan and the United Nations from 1980 to 2001 that includes a list of resolutions.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Avoiding Armageddon: Nation Building

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An in-depth analysis of nation building and the differences between the Marshall Plan and the plan to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. Students will also have the opportunity to pick a country and decide what they would do to rebuild it.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Former King Urges Afghan Unity

For Students 9th - 10th
Speech from the former king of Afghan opens the meeting "Loya jirga," that planned the future of Afghanistan. (11 June 2002)
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Frontline: Rebuilding the Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out first hand from a reporter who travels to north of Kabul to report on what the U.S. military is doing to help rebuild the region. (10 April 2007)
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Afghanistan Contains Treasure Trove of Valuable Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
Report confirms that a potential value of nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, iron, and lithium may be found in the mountain ranges of Afghanistan. However, potential wealth may be a double-edged sword in many...
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Restoring the Giant Buddhas of Bamiyan

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture essay and short video documentary about the attempts of the Afghan people to restore and save the famous Buddhist shrine at Bamiyan. In 2001 the Taliban destroyed the large statue of Buddha leading to a public outcry.
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Activity
World Food Programme

World Food Program: Afghanistan Recovery

For Students 9th - 10th
The Food Program reports on the difficult recovery in Afghanistan due to years of war and drought. Information on various reconstruction efforts is provided.