The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has preserved nine Afghan serial publications collected by the Library of Congress Field Office in Islamabad. Three of the publications have been digitized and the other six are now microfilmed, as indicated below.
These materials include holdings from 1930 through 2011 and represent a period covering the last years of the monarchy's rule in Afghanistan, civil war, foreign invasion, and the rule of the Taliban. Most are in Persian (Farsi) and/or Pushto language, but some also contain English language content. The range of titles includes general newspapers as well as the publications of political organizations and governmental bodies. Several of the titles are devoted to women's and children's issues.
This collection complements a number of other Afghan materials recently preserved by MEMP and SAMP.
Title and brief description | Place of Publication | MEMP Holdings | Links to record in CRL catalog |
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Da kūchinyāno anīs is a weekly publication about children's literature. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
1970 - 1971 |
Digital record |
Da Wūlasi Jargay jarīdah is a publication of the National Assembly of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
1988 - 1989 |
Microfilm record |
Haftahʹnāmah-i Kābul is a weekly publication covering political events in Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
2002 - 2006 |
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Inṣāf is a weekly publication on Persian that covers cultural and political topics. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
2002 - 2011 |
Microfilm record |
Irshād al-Nisvāṉ is a monthly publication of the Ministry of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
1994 - 1996; 2002 - 2010 |
Microfilm record |
Majallah-i al-Falāḥ is a monthly journal about Islamic and legal issues of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
1930 - 1937; 1956 - 1964 |
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Ṣadā-yi āzādī / ISAF was published by the International Security Assistance Force of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
2009 - 2011 |
Microfilm record |
Sīrat / Argān-i Nasharātī Anjuman-i Farhangī-i Zanān was the first women's publication after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
2001 - 2007; 2009 - 2010 |
Microfilm record |
Zindahgī-i Ḥizbī was a bimonthly publication of the Central Committee of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan |
1987 - 1990 |
Microfilm record |