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Primary Sources - Afghanistan

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Archives Unbound (Gale)
Digital collections for historical documents in the areas of: PsyOps, Afghanistan, China, Japan, Vietnam, Civil War, Persian Gulf War, Latin America, Radicalism, Czechoslovakia, Turkey and more.
Cold War Eastern Europe (Taylor & Francis)
Files from the political departments of the U.K. Foreign Office responsible for dealing with and reporting on the Soviet Union and the socialist states of Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
Digital National Security Archive (1945-current) (ProQuest)
Declassified, primary government documents. US foreign and military policy, post World War II.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1941-1996) (Readex, NewsBank)
Translated text of radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, and government statements from around the world
Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports (Readex, NewsBank)
Journal articles, books, serials, and radio and television transcripts from around the world. Global perspectives on high-interest issues from 1957 to 1995.
ProQuest History Vault (ProQuest)
Primary source materials related to US planning and policies with an emphasis on WWII, Vietnam and intelligence
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War: Intelligence, Strategy and Diplomacy (Taylor & Francis)
British government secret intelligence and foreign policy files from 1873 to 1953, with the majority of files dating from the 1930s and 1940s.
US Declassified Documents Online (Gale)
Government documents, domestic & foreign policies, correspondence & memoranda, minutes of cabinet meetings, technical studies, national security policy statements & intelligence reports.

al-Qa’ida

Afghanistan 20/20: The 20-Year War in 20 Documents
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
Bin Laden's Bookshelf
Documents from raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Harmony Program
The program was created to release and analyze captured al-Qa’ida, its associated movement, and other security threats through primary source documents.

Soviet Invasion

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
he documents begin before the war, spanning from 1968 to 2004 [Wilson Center Digital Archive]