News and Media

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• Regional: Asia: Afghanistan: News and Media  (25)
• Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Specific Conflicts: War on Terrorism: News and Media  (1,762)

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

CBC In-depth Report: Afghanistan - - News and analysis, background information, profiles of key figures and countries, multimedia.

Christian Science Monitor - Terrorism & Security - - A survey of what's going on in the war against terrorism, with links to news coverage across the web on the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden.

Eurasia.net: Afghanistan Archive - - Includes articles, interviews, photo essays, and resources.

FAIR Resources: Afghanistan - - Provides articles, broadcasts, documents and links about media coverage of Afghanistan, produced and compiled by the media watch group FAIR.

Financial Times Special Report: Afghanistan's Future - - Includes articles, background, and links for related special reports.

Guardian Unlimited - Weblog special: Attack on Afghanistan - - Collection of articles from around the net discussing the rights and wrongs of the US-attack on Afghanistan.

Guardian.co.uk: War in Afghanistan - - Articles, analysis, comments and background information.

Hope in a Ruined Land - - Photojournal by Tyler Hicks for the New York Times, showing the country in summer 2002. Includes audio commentary, transcript and map.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Afghan Crisis - - Reports and news analyses with focus on Afghanistan and the neighbouring countries [articles in English and Russian].

PBS: Afghanistan - - News updates, political and economic crisis, US military strikes, discussion forum, map, timeline, background sources, and links.

UN News Centre: Afghanistan - - UN press briefings and reports, news, information and articles on the peacekeeping force and the UN relief efforts, maps.

Washingtonpost: Afghanistan - - Latest news, articles, interview transcripts and external links.

Why We Must Show the Dead - - Eamonn McCabe explains the reasons for publishing photographs of war's victims.

Williams Afghan Media Project - - Williams College and the Afghan Media Resource Center collect and archivate material related to the conflict in Afghanistan. Includes a contact address, information on the project and an online searchable database of images.

World In Crisis, Media In Conflict - - Reports, commentary and resources from the global MediaChannel network help to understand the role of media.

Yahoo! News: Afghanistan - - Gives relevant news and opinion, audio, video, photos, interactives and web resources relating to Afghanistan.

Know Nothing About Afghanistan? Blame the Death of the Documentary - - The audience is flooded with news, but the media reduce Afghans to either victims or warriors. (October 30, 2002)

CNN: "We Didn't Want to Criticize a Popular War" - - Kurt Nimmo criticizes the lack of investigative journalism in the US mainstream media. From Counterpunch, US. (August 23, 2002)

Journalists Fight "Hidden War" in Afghanistan - - US military and Northern Alliance may have colluded to keep journalists away from areas in Afghanistan where special forces were operating. The Guardian, UK. (April 26, 2002)

How Smart Was This Bomb? - - 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. (November 19, 2001)

First 'Internet War' Gives Americans Non-American Viewpoints - - Anick Jesdanun discusses and lists websites giving Americans foreign viewpoints on the conflict in Afghanistan. (October 18, 2001)

TimeAsia.com: Bracing for Mayhem - - 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. (September 18, 2001)

The Iranian: Limbs of No Body - - 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. (June 20, 2001)