[S.l.] : Junior University, Stanford Journal of International Law, c1999.
[42] p. ; 30 cm.
English
Minorities – Afghanistna. Afghanistan – Ethnic relations. Ethnic groups – Afghanistan. Ethnic conflict – Afghanistan. Afghanistan – Politics and government. Afghanistan – Social life and customs. Sociology – Afghanistan. Human rights – Afghanistan.
Summary: “In 1980, at the height of the superpower rivalry, the fate of Afghanistan attracted much international attention, including direct Soviet military intervention, the U.S. boycott of the Olympics, the constant debate within the U.N. security Council, and millions of dollars in military aid to Afghan Mujahideen (“rebel”) groups. … to this day, the border between Afghanistan’s and Pakistan’s “tribal areas” exists only as a few border posts. … In the center of Afghanistan, the Hazaras stand alone as a unique ethnic group with no direct ethnic ties to any complementary group. …”—(p. [1]).