[SunkenCiv]

"Under a settlement agreement, Porter and his Web sites will only be able to copy the headline and up to the first two sentences of any stories from the newspapers. The Web sites can copy and publish only headlines and the first paragraph from AP stories provided to them by the news service." News organizations [including AP] settle suit against Web sites

[SunkenCiv]

Balkh site:freerepublic.com

Google

margiana site:freerepublic.com

Google

[SunkenCiv]

Digging In The Desert (Turkmenistan)
Leader-Post /Canwest News | 5-24-2008 | Owen Murray
Posted on 05/24/2008 1:47:19 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2020833/posts

Afghan farmers find alternative to opium: marijuana [Balkh]
Reuters via Yahoo! | 09/27/07 | Jon Hemming
Posted on 09/27/2007 5:12:05 AM PDT by Abathar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902903/posts

Tamerlane (1336 - 1405) - The Last Great Nomad Power
The Silkroad Foundation | undated | Silkroad Foundation
Posted on 05/28/2006 7:49:55 AM PDT by Hacksaw
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1639688/posts

Chronological History of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Online | 04/2001 | Unknown
Posted on 11/10/2001 9:08:09 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/568358/posts

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[2banana]

Good thing the Taliban doesn't know about - or they would blow it up as an offense to allah...

[2banana]

Good thing the Taliban doesn't know about - or they would blow it up as an offense to allah...

[tvdog12345]

The Bactrian Hoard consisted of exquisite gold jewelry and ornaments from graves of wealthy nomads, dated to the 1st century A. D. It was concealed by its keepers in the vaults of the presidential palace in Kabul from the Taliban regime and finally unlocked after the militia's ouster.

The treasure, currently on exhibition in the United States, demonstrates the rich culture that once thrived here

... before Islam, that is. Hard to imagine, but Afghanistan was once a peaceful, thriving Buddhist kingdom. Now there's nothing but dust, dung, and flies.

[indcons]

Balkh was where Genghiz Khan’s favorite grandson was killed in battle.

[Styria]

I hope they find written material.