Afghanistan Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection

Images of Afghanistan

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Country Maps:

Afghanistan (Political) 2003 (330K) and pdf format (352K)
Afghanistan (Political) 2002 (261K) and pdf format (232K)
Afghanistan (Political) 2001 (264K) and pdf format (273K)
Afghanistan (Political) 1993 (261K) and pdf format (270K)
Afghanistan (Political) 1986 (258K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 2003 (382K) and pdf format (392K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 2002 (287K) and pdf format (256K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 2001 (289K) and pdf format (298K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 1993 (219K) and pdf format (223K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 1986 (257K)
Afghanistan (Shaded Relief) 1983 (279K)
Afghanistan (Small Map) 2005 (16K)

City Maps:

Herat 1998 Kenny Hopper, University of Texas (119K)
Kabul 1986 U.S. Department of State (138K)
Kabul 1980 (262K)

Detailed Maps:

Herat Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map I-41-XV 1985 (574K)
Jalalabad Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map I-42-XVII 1985 (808K)
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Peshawar, Pakistan Region (tactical pilotage chart) original scale 1:500,000 Portion of Defense Mapping Agency TPC G-6C 1992 (774K) Not for navigational use
Kabul Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map I-42-XVI 1985 (753K)
Kabul - Khowst (Khost) Region (tactical pilotage chart) original scale 1:500,000 Portion of Defense Mapping Agency TPC G-6C 1992 (903K) Not for navigational use
Kandahar Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map H-41-VI 1985 (776K)
Mazar-i-Sharif Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map J-42-XXVI 1985 (454K)
Pakistan - Afghanistan Border ("Pushtunistan") 1988 (349K)
Tora Bora Area (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map I-42-XVII 1985 (641K)

Thematic Maps:

Afghanistan: Economic Activity from Map No. 504958 1982 (203K)
Afghanistan: Ethnolinguistic Groups 1997 (281K)
Afghanistan: Ethnolinguistic Groups from Map No. 504958 1982 (287K)
Afghanistan: Ethnolinguistic Groups 1972 (86K)
Afghanistan: Land Use and Economic Activity 1972 (92K)
Afghanistan: Population from Map No. 504958 1982 (145K)
Afghanistan: Population 1972 (73K)
Afghanistan: Topography from Afghanistan: A Country Study, 1986 (156K)
Afghanistan: Transportation and Gas Fields from Afghanistan: A Country Study, 1986 (138K)
Afghanistan: Azimuthal Equidistant Projection Centered on Kabul, Afghanistan 1986 (242K)

Historical Maps:

Afghanistan and Persia 1856 (1.4MB)
"Map to Illustrate the Travels of General Ferrier in Persia and Afghanistan" from Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan; with Historical Notices of the Countries Lying Between Russia and India by Joseph Pierre Ferrier. Second Edition 1857.
"Bokhara, Cabool, Beloochistan &c." (1.7MB) Northern Part of Map (987K) Southern Part of Map (744K)
Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1838.
Herat Area 1942 (509K) map key and scale (129K)
Portion of sheet I-41I Herat. Original scale 1:253,440 Compiled and published originally under the direction of the Surveyor-General of India 1913 and Revised to 1941. Published by the War Office, 1942 and reprinted by the U.S. Army Map Service October 1942.
Kandahar Area 1942 (910K) map key and scale (147K)
Portion of sheet H-41 F Kandahar. Original scale 1:253,440 Compiled and published originally under the direction of the Surveyor-General of India 1913 and Revised to 1941. Published by the War Office, 1942 and reprinted by the U.S. Army Map Service October 1942.
Kabul Area 1942 (810K) map key and scale (71K)
Portion of sheet I-42 J Kabul. Original scale 1:253,440 Compiled and published originally under the direction of the Surveyor-General of India 1916 and Revised to 1940. Published by the War Office, 1942 and reprinted by the U.S. Army Map Service October 1942.

Maps from "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" by Archibald Forbes, Seely and Co. Limited, 1892:
The First Afghan War 1839-1842:
Cabul, The Cantonment (134K)
The Second Afghan War 1878-1880:
Ahmed Khel, Plan of Action (118K)
Cabul, Actions at (124K)
Candahar [Kandahar], Battle at (147K)
Maiwand, Actions at (96K)

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