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.