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This article draws attention to some significant features of government, culture, society and economy in early 20 th century Afghanistan, before examining the Afghan ruler, Amir Habibullah (1872-1919) response to the outbreak of the war.
Afghans and non-Afghans will benefit from directly confronting the coercive impact of imperial mapping agendas on the largely invisible people "on the map" of Afghanistan. This essay historicizes the production of maps of modern Afghanistan, exposing imperial and crypto-colonial influences upon our national cartography.
maps of modern Afghanistan, exposing imperial and crypto-colonial influences upon our national cartography. In so doing, it critically reimagines our spatial politics and reconfig-ures our intellectual infrastructure. It is an exercise in historical recentering designed to instill Afghan humanity and agency onto the map of Afghanistan.
3.1 An Overview of War and Peace in Afghanistan 3.1.2 Pre-war period The Afghan state that developed in the first half of the twentieth century was centralised but weak and dependent on external resources. Amir Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901) relied on British subsidies to centralize the means
“Understanding War in Afghanistan is an excellent book for journeyman students of Afghanistan. Not only does it give them a summary of Afghanistan’s colorful geography and history, but it also presents an up-to-date picture of where the war is heading and an informed discussion of
My aim in this article is to outline the processes by which Afghanistan lost the status of ‘the Switzerland of Asia’, and to explore some of the ramifications of these processes for the country’s future prospects. It is divided into six sections.
The following paper will examine the relationship between the Amir of Afghanistan and the British Raj during the First World War. Furthermore, the way in which the war affected Delhi’s attitude towards Afghanistan and how this shifted over the course of the hostilities will be explored.
