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AfghanPix.com - http://www.afghanpix.com/
Detailed photo essay covering the civil war and the daily life of Afghans, by Alexander Merkushev.

CNN: "We Didn't Want to Criticize a Popular War" - http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo0823.html
Kurt Nimmo criticizes the lack of investigative journalism in the US mainstream media. From Counterpunch, US.

Eurasianet.org: Afghanistan Archive - http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/afghanistan/articles/index.shtml
Includes articles, interviews, photo essays, and resources.

FAIR Resources: Afghanistan - http://www.fair.org/international/afghanistan.html
Provides articles, broadcasts, documents and links about media coverage of Afghanistan since 1989, produced and compiled by the media watch group FAIR.

First 'Internet War' Gives Americans Non-American Viewpoints - http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/oct/22/first_internet_war/
Anick Jesdanun discusses and lists websites giving Americans foreign viewpoints on the conflict in Afghanistan.

Guardian.co.uk - Why We Must Show the Dead - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/nov/19/mondaymediasection.afghanistan1
Eamonn McCabe explains the reasons for publishing photographs of war's victims.

Hope in a Ruined Land - http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/international/20021008_JOURNAL08/
Photojournal by Tyler Hicks for the New York Times, showing the country in summer 2002. Includes audio commentary, transcript and map.

How Smart Was This Bomb? - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/nov/19/mondaymediasection.afghanistan
Did the US mean to hit the Kabul offices of Al-Jazeera TV? Some journalists are convinced it was targeted for being on the 'wrong side'. A report by Matt Wells in the Guardian.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Afghanistan - http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=henparr
Weekly reports on human rights and media issues, and information on the IWPR's efforts to train Afghan journalists. [Dari, English, Pashto]

Journalists Fight "Hidden War" in Afghanistan - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/apr/26/terrorismandthemedia.broadcasting1
US military and Northern Alliance may have colluded to keep journalists away from areas in Afghanistan where special forces were operating. The Guardian, UK.

Know Nothing About Afghanistan? Blame the Death of the Documentary - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/30/afghanistan.comment
The audience is flooded with news, but the media reduce Afghans to either victims or warriors.

PBS NewsHour - Afghanistan and the War on Terror - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/afghanistan/
Collected coverage of the political issues and historic events that have shaped Afghanistan since the rise of the Taliban.

The Iranian: Limbs of No Body - http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/June/Afghan/index.html
Commentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an Iranian film-maker who has produced two feature films on Afghanistan, on the reasons for the high mortality and emigration rates. Photo essay by Ali Khaligh.

TimeAsia.com: Bracing for Mayhem - http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/afghanistan/
Afghanistan is again facing devastation as the United States plans a substantial military action. Includes current and past news articles, photo gallery, interviews, map, timeline from 1919 to 1998, section on bin Laden, and links.

Washington Post: Afghanistan - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/centralasia/afghanistan/
Archived news articles, interview transcripts and external links (2001-2005).

Williams Afghan Media Project - AMRC Photos - http://contentdm.williams.edu/wamp/web/amrcSearch.htm
The Afghan Media Resource Center (AMRC) collection of photographs and slides taken between 1987 and 1992, housed at Williams College.

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