Old News: Historical Newspapers and Periodicals

Central Asian News: Newspapers and Periodicals

Afghan Serials Collection. Partisan Publications from The Wahdat Library
Collection of partisan serials from the Wahdat Library, including more than 2,500 individual issues of 46 newspapers and journals published in Persian, Pushto, Arabic, Urdu, and English.
Documents the use of the press by many groups that sought to shape Afghanistan’s social and intellectual landscape including the Communist People’s Democratic Party (PDPA); exiled loyalists to the deposed Afghan monarchy; independent humanitarians and intellectuals seeking to better their country; anti-Soviet mujaheddin groups from a range of political movements; the Taliban; and minority political parties that have emerged following the post-2001 transition towards democracy.
Periodicals of Central Asia and the Caucasus
The Universal Database of Central Asia and Caucasus (UDB-CAC) includes a number of periodicals published in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The sources are mostly in Russian and English and cover various issues of domestic and international importance.

Subjects: History, Media Studies