News and Media :: Afghanistan
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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.

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.
Meta Description: [ Despite UN diplomat Ibrahim Gambari's upbeat assessment, Burma's military regime continues to detain dissidents. ]

AfghanPix.com - Detailed photo essay covering the civil war and the daily life of Afghans, by Alexander Merkushev.
Meta Description: [ AfghanPix.com, anecdodal account of the war on terror in Afghanistan and other crises, and how the world's journalists cope with associated distractions: by Alexander Merkushev ]

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

Eurasia.net: Afghanistan Archive - Includes articles, interviews, photo essays, and resources.
Meta Description: [ News about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as Afghanistan, Russia, the Middle East and Southwest Asia. ]

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.

First 'Internet War' Gives Americans Non-American Viewpoints - AP/Detnews discusses and lists websites giving Americans foreign viewpoints on the conflict in Afghanistan.

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 Unlimited Special Report: War in Afghanistan - Breaking news and analysis. Photos, video and audio clips, maps, interactive guides, archive and links to external sites. Debates with experts and forum.

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.

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.
Meta Description: [ 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'. Matt Wells reports. ]

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].
Meta Description: [ Independent news from the Balkans, Caucasus and former Soviet Union, in several languages ]

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.

Observer: War in Afghanistan - Articles, analysis, comments and background information.

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.

We Didn't Want to Criticize a Popular War - Kurt Nimmo critisizes the lack of investigative journalism in the US mainstream media. From Counterpunch, US.
Meta Description: [ America's Best Political Newsletter. ]

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. The site contains a contact address, information on the project and a 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.
Meta Description: [ Full news coverage and opinions on Afghanistan. Find photos, audio, video, and related sites about Afghanistan on Yahoo! News. ]