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Twenty-three years ago today, Najibullah Ahmadzai was assassinated in Kabul. @AfghanHistorian will remember Dr. Najib because he was President of Afghanistan from 1987-1992. We hope to share more of his
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In 1892 a rebellion started in Uruzgan when the amir's soldiers raped a Hazara leader's wife. In response to the rebellion, Abdur Rahman declared a jihad against the #Hazaras. British
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This is a list of health care workers of #Traditional and #ancient medicine in Afghanistan. Before there were doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and midwives, there were hakimjis, atars, dais,
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On women and health in the 20th century Afghanistan. Queen Soraya opened the first hospital for women sometimes in the 1920s. No sources on the size of it, but could've
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On cholera of 1828 and 1900 (I will thread tweets around themes): "In March 1828, a #cholera #epidemic struck #Cabul [#kabul], transforming this earthly paradise into a charnel house. (McIntyre,
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Thread:Salam. I am @TimorSharan, & it is my pleasure to take over the role of @AfghanHistorian for the next few days to tweet about the events leading up to the
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Is #Firuzkuh the site of the modern #MinaretofJam? Discovery and debates – DCT 1/7 @dcshifty #Afghanistan When the discovery of the Minaret of Jam was announced in 1957, the world
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