سنگر (Sangar, Trench) , جدی 1375 (Jadi) 3 - دلو 1377 (Dalw) 26, (1996 December 23 - 1999 February 15)

Scope and content:

Vol. 1, no. 1 through no. 60 (partial year, lacking 6 nos.: 6, 9, 14, 17, 28, 32; inconsistently numbered). 54 issues, circa 4 pages each, of the militant newspaper published in Dari and Pushto by the Defense Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the Taliban (edited by Maulavi Hamdullah Hamid) in support of the policies of Mullah Omar, covering the war efforts against the Northern Alliance and other topics related to religion and warfare. Published in Kabul, Afghanistan (Nasharia-i Wizarat Defa-i Mili Emarat Islami Afghanistan) from 1996-1997 (1375-1377).

This series was launched immediately after the Taliban takeover of Kabul and seemingly discontinued shortly thereafter.

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