Background
The collection of newspapers, journals, and magazines in Dari, Pushto, Arabic, and
English represent the viewpoints of diverse groups, including the leftist
revolutionary People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah-loyalists,
various factions of Afghan Mujaheddin and foreign-backed jihadists, the Taliban-led
government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well as the Karzai regime,
during a tumultuous period in the nation's history in which successive waves of
foreign influence and invasion destabilized the region, resulting in more than three
decades of armed struggle.