Web Sources

World Wide Web Sites

Informative:

Afghanistan's Historical Past: This source talks about the historical past of the Afghans, also providing brief demographics, religion and arts.

Durrani Empire : The Princeton website provides a complete detail of the battles and events that led to the creation of the Durrani Empire, otherwise known as the Afghan Empire.

International Encyclopedia of  Revolution and Protest: This New Mexico University document focuses on the protests prevalent on the eve of the formation of the Durrani Empire, from inner Afghanistan to the Sidh area.

*Educational websites providing a brief history of Afghanistan.

Official:

Afghan culture: This is secondary source providing a glimpse of the territory of the Afghan Durrani Empire. Furthermore, the website serves as a native's portrayal of Afghan culture and history.

Ahmad Baba: This website accounts the tale of the Afghan King who rose to power, through an Afghan's perspective.

Encyclopedia:

New World Encyclopedia: This website provides a comprehensive history of the Durrani Empire.

Britannica: A short but detailed account of the events leading to the creation of the Durrani Empire.

Wikipedia: Complete historical information of the birthplace, events, culture and military expeditions of Ahmad Shah.

Other websites:

Extensive Afghan History: Describes Afghan history from 1747 to 1823. Also provides the origin of peoples of Afghanistan.

CIA World Factbook: Provides information of demographics, brief history, government, environment and military.

Books

History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878 by George Malleson: This book describes the history of Afghanistan in a chronological order. Here is the online eBook accessible: https://archive.org/stream/historyafghanis00mallgoog#page/n26/mode/2up

 

Return of a King by William Dalrymple: This book accounts the story of the British War of 1839-42 against Afghanistan and the story of the massacre. A full book review is found at New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/books/review/the-men-who-would-be-king.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

Afghanistan in the Course of History by Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar: This book describes the history of Afghanistan through a native’s perspective, written at the time of Afghanistan’s monarchic period.

 

Modern Afghanistan: A History of Struggle and Survival by Amin Saikal: The author brings to attention the causes and reasons for the current calamities of Afghanistan and points to tribal indifferences as a major factor in the instability of the Afghan government.

 

Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History by Thomas Barfield: The author traces the Afghanistan’s unification based on similarities and points out why in recent decades ethnic boundaries have formed due to clashes with outside powers. Here is a full book review: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9144.html

 

A Brief History of Afghanistan by Shaista Wahab: This book describes the diversification and cultural melting pot of Afghanistan, from 3000 B.C.E to the modern period.