an entry from: Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction(Vol. 1. )
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons access Gale in Context World History
Afghanistan is considered a gateway between Asia and Europe, so the land has long been fought over for control of these trade routes. This timeline provides a good overview of Afghanistan’s history, from the time it became an independent nation after the Third British-Afghan War (1919-21).
Country Fact sheet, Embassies & Consulates, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: (National Security Archive: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/
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Sources for Overthrow of the Shah & Soviet Invasion (Afghanistan
Department of State: Office of the Historian. “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations” [Program Retired, Information available for reference]
