Afghanistan Culture History and Archaeology

Afghan Network
Afghan Network is an English language page on cultural history and political geography about Afghanistan. It includes descriptions and histories of many of the historic cities.

Afghanistan History On-Line
The best thing about this site is the list of biographies of influential people, but there is also a timeline of historical events in the country is included on this page beginning with the ancient sites of Aq Kupruk and Hazar Sum.

Bamiyan Valley
Center of commerce and the Buddhist religion by 500 AD; a brief article from Afghan-Network.

Darra-i-Kur (Afghanistan)
The cave called Darra-i-Kur is a Middle Paleolithic site in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan

Geography of Afghanistan
Maps and political information on the modern day country of Afghanistan, from Matt Rosenberg, your guide to Geography at About.

Ghazni
Ghazni is a city on the ancient road to Kabul, built in the 7th century AD. From Afghan-Network.

Khyber Pass
A strategic gateway between Afghanistan and Pakistan since at least 326 BC, when Alexander the Great used it to reach India; from Afghan-Network. English.

Museum Under Seige
Archaeology magazine reports on the ongoing disaster in Afghanistan, particularly the looting at the National Museum in Darulaman.

Nuristan
A web page devoted to the ethnic peoples of Nuristan, in the Hindu Kush Mountains of northeastern Afghanistan.

Photographs of Kabul
From ArchNet, a handful of old black and white photographs of architecture in Kabul.

Qandahar
The archaeological site of Qandahar is located near the modern city of Kandahar in south central Afghanistan.

Survival Guide to Kabul
Has descriptions of several archaeological sites and ancient buildings to visit.