Country Studies > Afghanistan

Table of Contents
Reconstruction - See Below
Digital Library
Other Links & Resources
News & Media Sources
Organizations
Women in Afghanistan
Taliban / bin Laden / Al-Qaeda
War on Terrorism

Recent Additions
  PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.

Council on Foreign Relations

Foreign Affairs
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations

Conference on the Relationship Between State and Non-State Justice Systems in Afghanistan
December 1-14, 2006, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Project on the Role of Non-State Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies
"The conference brought together actors from the informal system, civil society, and the aid community, including representatives from 20 of Afghanistan's provinces."
- The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan and the United States Institute of Peace.

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • The Raging Jihad - An Overview
    International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
    [Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
"...is an independent research organisation based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and facilitating reflection and debate."

U.S. Army

  • Counterinsurgency
    "The manual is designed to fill a doctrinal gap. It has been 20 years since the Army published a field manual devoted exclusively to counterinsurgency operations..."
    Field Manual No. 3-24. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication No. 3-33.5,  December 2006.

PBS The Online NewsHour - Afghanistan and the War on Terror
Sections include: News ; Reports ; Profiles ; Resources ; Interactive ; For Students & Teachers.

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) - (dead link)
"IWPR builds democracy at the frontlines of conflict and change through the power of professional journalism. IWPR programs provide intensive hands-on training, extensive reporting and publishing, and ambitious initiatives to build the capacity of local media. Supporting peace-building, development and the rule of law, IWPR gives responsible local media a voice."

  • Afghan Recovery Report - (dead link)
    • Afghan Press Monitor - (dead link)
      "...is a daily survey of the main stories in Afghanistan's newspapers. It features the top stories of the day, along with a political cartoon."

International Crisis Group - Security in Afghanistan
Sections include: Elections ; What Needs to be Done ; Background ; Analysis ; News & Other Reporting ; Documents ; Maps & Statistics ; What You Can Do ; What Crisis Group Does.

PBS FRONTLINE - Return of the Taliban
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith returns to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and presents a rare look inside this secret sanctuary..."
Sections include: Watch Full Program ; Pakistan: Jihad's Seedbed ; Inside the Lawless Tribal Areas ; The Region's New Fighters ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Transcript ; Teacher's Guide.

NATO Topics - Afghanistan

  • Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    Official Text, September 2006.
  • Helping Securing Afghanistan - (dead link)
    NATO Briefing, October 2006
  • International Security Assistance Force - (dead link)
    "ISAF continues to support the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) in providing a safe and secure environment throughout the whole of Afghanistan. ISAF has operational control over twenty-four NATO-ISAF PRTS and four Forward Support Bases, with five Regional Commands to facilitate command and control."
    Sections include: News ; Press Releases ; Feature Stories ; Development Factsheet ; Civilian Job Vacancies.

Afghanistan Government Resources
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - (dead link)
"This central website of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan provides information on Afghanistan's National Budget, the Government's Donor Assistance Database, and on major international conferences on Afghan reconstruction."

  • Afghan Constitution - (dead link)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs - (dead link)
    • Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation - (dead link)
      Kabul, 4-5 December 2005
  • Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan
    • Conference on the Relationship Between State and Non-State Justice Systems in Afghanistan
      December 1-14, 2006, Kabul, Afghanistan.
      Project on the Role of Non-State Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies
      "The conference brought together actors from the informal system, civil society, and the aid community, including representatives from 20 of Afghanistan's provinces."
      - The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan and the United States Institute of Peace.
  • Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development
  • The London Conference (January 2006)
  • Afghanistan Development Forum 2005
    "This meeting was an opportunity for the international community and for the Afghan government to sit together and to discuss the main features of the new partnership, that we take the Afghan process into a new phase, a long term phase, of consolidation of peace and of fulfillment of the many expectations." -- United Nations.
  • Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
    Sections include: Documents ; Presentations ; Links ; Reports ; Online Tools.
  • Donor Assistance Database (DAD) - (dead link)
    "DAD provides a tool for tracking reconstruction and humanitarian projects operating in Afghanistan, where the projects are operating, who finances them, and which organization implements them."

UN General Assembly 61st Session (19-29 September 2006)
All Statements and Webcasts available online with only a selection listed below.

  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - (20 September 2006)
    Video ; Text

Reconstruction & Development
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - (dead link)
"This central website of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan provides information on Afghanistan's National Budget, the Government's Donor Assistance Database, and on major international conferences on Afghan reconstruction."

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs - (dead link)
    • Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation - (dead link)
      Kabul, 4-5 December 2005
  • Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development
  • Afghanistan Development Forum 2005
    "This meeting was an opportunity for the international community and for the Afghan government to sit together and to discuss the main features of the new partnership, that we take the Afghan process into a new phase, a long term phase, of consolidation of peace and of fulfillment of the many expectations." -- United Nations.
  • Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
    Sections include: Documents ; Presentations ; Links ; Reports ; Online Tools.
  • Donor Assistance Database (DAD) - (dead link)
    "DAD provides a tool for tracking reconstruction and humanitarian projects operating in Afghanistan, where the projects are operating, who finances them, and which organization implements them."

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
"UNAMAís mandate includes promoting national reconciliation; fulfilling the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to the United Nations in the Bonn Agreement, including those related to human rights, the rule of law and gender issues, and managing all UN humanitarian, relief, recovery and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan in coordination with the Afghan Administration."

United Nations Development Program - Afghanistan Recovery
Sections include: Poverty Reduction ; Strengthening Capacity in the Public Sector ; Gender Development ; Post-Conflict Recovery ; Disaster Management ; Recent News.

  • Afghanistan: A Country on the Move - (dead link) [.pdf]

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime

United Nations - UNESCO - Afghanistan
"UNESCO's action in the area of communication and information in Afghanistan."

UN General Assembly 61st Session (19-29 September 2006)
All Statements and Webcasts available online with only a selection listed below.

  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - (20 September 2006)
    Video ; Text

The World Bank - Afghanistan
Sections include: Working for Results ; News & Events ; Data & Statistics ; Publications & Reports ; Projects & Programs ; Public Information Center ; Related Links.

NATO Topics - Afghanistan

  • Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    Official Text, September 2006.
  • Helping Securing Afghanistan - (dead link)
    NATO Briefing, October 2006
  • International Security Assistance Force - (dead link)
    "ISAF continues to support the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) in providing a safe and secure environment throughout the whole of Afghanistan. ISAF has operational control over twenty-four NATO-ISAF PRTS and four Forward Support Bases, with five Regional Commands to facilitate command and control."
    Sections include: News ; Press Releases ; Feature Stories ; Development Factsheet ; Civilian Job Vacancies.

Conference on the Relationship Between State and Non-State Justice Systems in Afghanistan
December 1-14, 2006, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Project on the Role of Non-State Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies
"The conference brought together actors from the informal system, civil society, and the aid community, including representatives from 20 of Afghanistan's provinces."
- The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan and the United States Institute of Peace.


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U.S. Department of State

Central Intelligence Agency

  • The World Factbook - Afghanistan
    Sections include: Geography ; People ; Government ; Economy ; Communications ; Transportation ; Military ; Transnational Issues.

Export.gov - Afghanistan
"Helping U.S. Companies Export"

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
"...is an independent research organisation based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and facilitating reflection and debate."

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
"...is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific."

  • Afghanistan
    Includes: Annual Country Report ; Country Strategy and Program ; Economic Trends and Prospects ; News ; Reports and Articles ; Projects ; Poverty Statistics ; Links ; Photo Gallery.

Council on Foreign Relations

Development Gateway - Afghanistan Reconstruction
"The Development Gateway puts the Internet to work for developing countries. We provide innovative Internet solutions for effective aid and e-government ñ increasing access to critical information, building local capacity and bringing partners together for positive change."

New York University - Center on International Cooperation

  • Afghanistan Reconstruction Project
    "The Afghanistan Reconstruction Project (ARP) carries out research and public education about selected issues related to the rebuilding of Afghanistan's institutions, society, and economy.

Afghan Gender Cafe
"The goal was to create a space for people to meet and talk about their experiences working on gender issues, to come together to share ideas, lessons learned and to support each other in a non-hierarchical communication space. This website is a continuation of those conversations in the form of an online cafe for networking, advocacy, activism, announcements, news and interaction...The cafe discussion forums provide a unique space to interact with others, to share ideas and information, to ask for assistance, and to tap into the collective wisdom that exists among us."

BBC News Country Profiles - Afghanistan
Sections include: Timeline ; Overview ; Facts ; Leaders ; Media ; Background ; Links.

BBC News - In Depth - Afghanistan's Future
Sections include: Latest News ; Photojournal ; Have Your Say on Elections in Afghanistan ; Who's Who ; In Pictures ; Background ; Features.

Brookings Institution

Canada - Rebuilding Afghanistan
Sections includes include: News ; Fact Sheets ; Background ; Stories from the Field ; Photo Gallery ; Links
- Government of Canada

Canada World View
"...provides an overview of Canada's perspective on foreign policy issues and highlights the Government of Canada's international initiatives and contributions."

  • Beyond Peace: Canada in Afghanistan
    "...focuses on the important diplomatic, defence and development contributions that Canada is making to the security and reconstruction of Afghanistan."
    Issue 20, Autumn 2003

Canadian International Development Agency

  • Afghanistan - (dead link)
    Canada's Response to the Humanitarian Crises
    Sections include: Related Links ; Overview ; Stories From the Field ; Photo Gallery.

Development Initiatives
"DI is an independent organization concerned with poverty, aid, development cooperation and international relations."

  • Afghanistan - (dead link)

European Union Relations with Afghanistan

Feinstein International Center - Tufts University
"The Feinstein International Center strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in complex emergencies, war, and other crises."

Germany - Current Developments in Afghanistan - (dead link)

United Kingdom Department for International Development

International Crisis Group - Security in Afghanistan
Sections include: Elections ; What Needs to be Done ; Background ; Analysis ; News & Other Reporting ; Documents ; Maps & Statistics ; What You Can Do ; What Crisis Group Does.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Crisis in the East: Useful Links - (dead link)
Sections include: Red Cross/Red Crescent ; General Sitreps & Inter-agency Coordination ; General Background Resources ; Country and Population Facts & Indicators ; Maps and Images ; News Resources ; International Organizations.

PBS FRONTLINE - Return of the Taliban
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith returns to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and presents a rare look inside this secret sanctuary..."
Sections include: Watch Full Program ; Pakistan: Jihad's Seedbed ; Inside the Lawless Tribal Areas ; The Region's New Fighters ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Transcript ; Teacher's Guide.

ReliefWeb - Afghanistan

Rebuilding Afghanistan's Agriculture - (dead link)
"Members of a unique, science-based consortium called the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan have come together to harness the best of agricultural research in order to help Afghanistan revive its once-thriving farming sector and move toward food self-sufficiency by 2007."

The Sydney Morning Herald

  • War of Ideas - September 11 Five Years On
    Sections include: Afghanistan ; Iran ; Lebanon ; Iraq ; Palestinian Territories ; USA.
    "Paul McGeough visited some of these fractious regions to check on the progress of American-sponsored democracy, and to see how the battle of ideas is affecting the lives of the people in these countries."

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

United States Institute of Peace







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