General Background

Reuters Alert Net Country Profile: Contains relevant statistics and conflict background information, as well as links to news articles.

Relief Web: Provides country specific updates on emergencies, sector reports, appeals and financial tracking along with background information and employment vacancies.

The Guardian: Recent articles and background to the conflict.

BBC News: Recent articles and other links to information on Afghanistan.

Flashpoints PBS Frontline: Country briefing on the conflict in Afghanistan, including a list of related resources, with interesting articles, commentary and photographs centred on the conflict.

INCORE: International Conflict Research Institute at the University of Ulster guide to internet resources on Afghanistan and links to past Peace Accords.

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Governments and IGOs

British Embassy in Kabul: General updates about the UK’s government work in Afghanistan, with links to DfID, the British Council and the Ministry of Defence.

Office of the President: Information about the Karzai administration, its structure, key people and forthcoming events

Pakistan Mission to the UN: Brief history on the conflict

UN: Background information concerning the UN and links to all Security Council and General Assembly resolutions passed in relation to Afghanistan.

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Updates on programme work on the UN mission in Afghanistan and links to past events

USAID: Gives an overview of USAID funded programmes in Afghanistan

IMF: Country information related to the International Monetary Fund and Afghanistan.

NGOs:

International Crisis Group: Recent reports from International Crisis Group on Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch: Search on all reports produced by HRW on human rights abuses and other issues in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission: Links to latest news in Afghanistan, reports and forthcoming research into human rights violations in Afghanistan. Information on ongoing projects by the NGO.

Amnesty International: Latest reports by Amnesty International on Afghanistan

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Information and statistics to IDPs in Afghanistan and links to important recent reports and articles on Afghanistan

Terres des Hommes: Information to current projects funded by Terres des Hommes and other reports on Afghanistan.

Islamic Relief: Information about current projects in Afghanistan, including emergency relief and ongoing development projects related to, amongst other things; education, rebuilding community infrastructure and sanitation.

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Other

MERLN: Links to extensive database on US military policy concerning Afghanistan and links to other sites about Afghanistan.

Afghan Analysts: An independent policy research organisation with numerous and thorough reports, articles and commentaries on up to date events in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organisation: A Kabul based organisation producing independent social research on development and reconstruction matters in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Analyst: An online resource for useful links to researching Afghanistan, extensive but not all links have been updated.

Local Newspapers

8AM: Local news on Afghanistan (in Pashto)

Afghan Daily: Local and international news

Surghar Daily: Local and international news (in Pashto and English)

Recent Publications

Report from The Century Foundation entitled ‘Building Afghan Peace from the Ground-Up’ 2011. Giving Afghan perspectives on the state and governance and discussing recommendations for Western strategy.

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