Lucy B's List: Breadwinner

Women's rights in various Muslim countries

Photo Essay: A Ravaged Country - See the effects of two decades of war

Refugee Camp 2002
Afghanistan refugees

Scholastic News Online: Kids in Afghanistan

photography of Afghanistan in the 1970's and then again in 2000's

The first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan reveals the effects of years of bombing and repressive rule on Afghan women.

Osama film

One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time

The first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan reveals the effects of years of bombing and repressive rule on Afghan women.

BBC News looks at the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Why is there a war in Afghanistan?

Overview: What major events have taken place in Afghanistan's history? Have students conduct further research to learn about the history of Afghanistan. Challenge students to judge which time period was the most significant in Afghanistan's history.

This program investigates the 1998 U.S. embassy terrorist bombings in East Africa which killed 224 and injured over 5,000. The U.S. believes wealthy Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden masterminded behind these terrorist attacks. The program probes bin Laden's life story--tracing his roots in Saudi Arabia's dissident movement, his participation with other Muslims in the Afghan war, the evidence gathered about his terrorist network, and examines the motivations of his radical Islam supporters and why they want the U.S. driven out of Saudi Arabia. This investigation also examines America's retaliatory missile strikes in the Sudan and Afghanistan against bin Laden's terrorist network and talks to a U.S. Muslim community about anti-Muslim stereotyping and prejudice.

FRONTLINE explores the story of the first war on terrorism, fight against terrorists in the 1980s during the Reagan administration. This report examines the military responses to terrorism, the diplomatic maneuvering to terrorism and the internal policy struggles within the Reagan White House--and the lessons to be drawn from these counterterrorist battles.

From Muhammad to the great Ottoman sultans, learn more about the history of the Islamic Empire. A companion site to the PBS series Islam: Empire of Faith.

Seven months after the Taliban fell, Afghans are still adapting to the newness of liberty. TIME sent four photographers to document life in the nation today."

a TIME.com photo essay