Afghanistan in the World
Wed, 05/19/2010 - 11:52 — dkaufman
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<p>The clans of Afghanistan began uniting and forming their own, independent nation. With this solidarity, they entered a long period of balancing their own interests with those of modern global empires.</p>
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<a href="http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/timeline/59/CE/1838">Investigate Afghanistan's place in the emerging modern world.</a></p>
More Information:
<p>Burke, John. "Group. The Amir Yakub Khan, General Daod Shah, Habeebula Moustafi, with Major Cavagnari C.S.I. & Mr Jenkyns [Gandamak]." Digital image. British Library. Accessed August 29, 2010. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/019pho000000487u00100000.html.</p>
<p>Dupree, Nancy. <i>Daoud Leaving after Being Elected President</i>. 1977. Dupree Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>Inauguration of the Band-I-Ghazi Dam</i>. 1925. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>K-00301-08</i>. AMRC Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>KES-1789-A-1158</i>. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>KES-906-A-275</i>. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>KES-934-A-303_1</i>. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>KES-938A-A-307</i>. AMRC Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA. <br />
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<p><i>KES-939-A-308</i>. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p><i>KES-956-A-325</i>. Khalilullah Enayat Seraj Collection, Williams Afghan Media Project, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.</p>
<p>Omar, Mohammad, performer. "Rubab Solo." In <i>Music of Afghanistan</i>. Smithsonian Folkways, 1961, CD.</p>
<p>"Phonograph Record Store." Digital image. Foreign Policy. Accessed August 29, 2010. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/27/once_upon_a_time_in_afghanistan?page=0,19.</p>
<p>Rattray, Lieutenant James. <i>Interior of the Palace of Shauh Shujah Ool Moolk, Late King of Cabul</i>. 1848. Courtesy of the British Library Board, London.</p>
<p>Rattray, Lieutenant James. <i>Kelaut-I-Ghiljie</i>. 1848. Courtesy of the British Library Board, London.</p>
<p><i>"Save Me From My Friends!"</i> 19th C. In <i>Afghanistan Old Photos</i>. http://www.afghanistan-photos.com/crbst_26.html.</p>
<p>Simpson, Sir Benjamin. <i>Ruins of Old Kandahar Citadel</i>. 1881. Courtesy of the British Library Board, London.</p>
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<p>Producer: Kate Harding</p>
Video Transcript:
<p>Throughout history, the land that is now Afghanistan was continually used as a buffer for larger, outside empires. But in the 18th century, this started to change. The clans of Afghanistan began uniting and forming their own, independent nation.</p>
<p>With this solidarity, they entered a long period of balancing their own interests with those of modern global empires.</p>
<p>Britain and Russia both tried to control Afghanistan as a buffer state with puppet leaders – in order to protect their interests in India, Persia, and Central Asia.</p>
<p>But neither the Russians nor the British could succeed in controlling Afghanistan.</p>
<p>By the 1920s, the Afghans were celebrating their independence.</p>
<p>The world was changing quickly by then and Afghan rulers understood they needed to bring reforms to their country in order to succeed in the new world order.</p>
<p>Over the coming decades, Afghanistan entered an era of peace as its people set to work transforming the society.</p>
<p>But by the second half of the 20th century, tension would mount as Afghans debated which aspects of their society should change and which should remain the same.</p>
<p>By the 1970s, that question would dissolve the royal family, as well as the decades of peace that had finally blessed Afghanistan. Thirty years of modern war would follow.</p>
