Afghanistan

Twenty years ago, the people of Afghanistan freed themselves of Soviet domination through a decade-long campaign of resistance supported by the United States.  No longer a pawn in the Cold War, the world forgot about Afghanistan.  The result was another twenty years of civil war, religious fanaticism, and starvation.  Today, the people of Afghanistan have, with America's help, freed themselves from the yoke of Taliban tyranny and al Qaeda terrorism.  We must not turn our backs on them again.

Follow Congressman Pitts in pictures as he visited Afghanistan in January
Follow Congressman Pitts in pictures through the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan
Map of Afghanistan and South Asia
Map of refugee camps
World Food Program map of needs v. deliveries

Afghanistan, America's Newest Ally (2/6/02)
Report to Speaker Hastert, Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan (1/02)
Unlawful Combatants, Not POWs (1/29/02)
The War is Not Over (1/17/02)
Rep. Pitts leaving for Pakistan, Afghanistan tonight (1/2/02)
Liberation and Liberty in Afghanistan (11/14/01)
"The Future of Afghanistan" (11/7/01)
"America’s Assistance to the Afghan People" (11/01/01)
"The Afghan People vs. The Taliban: The Struggle for Freedom Intensifies" (10/31/01)
"Freedom is Not Free" (10/25/01)
"America's Response to Terrorism" (10/3/01)
War and Peace in Afghanistan (9/27/01)
Fighting Hatred (9/19/01)
"Use the Military, But We Are Not at War with Islam" (9/14/01)
"Muslims Love Peace as Much as Anyone" (9/14/01)

Links
State Department Human Rights Report (2002)
State Department Report on Religious Freedom (2002)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)