Afghanistan
Governmental Resources
- United States
- Agency for International Development (USAID)
Afghanistan
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (Washington, DC)
World FactBook: Afghanistan
- Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (Washington, DC)
Afghanistan Investment and Reconstruction Task Force - Department of State (Washington, DC)
- Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (Washington, DC)
A Country Study: Afghanistan
Information on history, geography, economy, society & culture, and bibliography.
- Agency for International Development (USAID)
NGO/IGO Resources
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) (Kabul)
Independent research organisation whose mission is to conduct and facilitate action-oriented research and learning that informs and influences policy and practice. - Afghanistan Rule of Law Project
Afghanistan Legal Documents Exchange Center - Amnesty International (New York, NY and Washington, DC)
Human Rights in Afghanistan
- Asia Society (New York, NY)
Search in website for "Afghanistan" to find relevant articles. - Federation of American Scientists (Washington, DC)
- The Islamic Taliban Movement and the Dangers of Regional Assimilation
Islamic Youth Movement (Lakemba, Australia) - Whither the Taliban? (1999)
By Ali A. Jalali and Lester W. Grau, Foreign Military Studies Office (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
- The Islamic Taliban Movement and the Dangers of Regional Assimilation
- Feminist Majority Foundation (Arlington, VA)
Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls - Human Rights Watch (New York, NY)
Afghanistan
Press releases, testimonies, and reports on the human rights situation in Afghanistan. - International Development Law Organization (IDLO) (Rome, Italy)
Afghanistan Law Project Documents
In English, Dari and Pashtun. - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (New York, NY)
- Global Human Development Report
- National Human Development Reports: Afghanistan
- Bridging Modernity and Tradition (2007)
- Human Development Report (2004)
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome, Italy)
Aquastat: Afghanistan
Water resources and use in agriculture and rural development.
General Resources
- Afghanistan Digital Library
New York University (New York, NY)
- Afghanistan Maps
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX)
- Afghanistan, the Taliban and the U.S.: Selected Internet Resources
University of California, Berkeley Library (Berkeley, CA)
- ALMISBAH: Database of Online Resources on The Middle East and Islam
(The State- and University Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, Germany)
Part of MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library - Government & Politics
Afghanistan Online (Pleasanton, CA) - Institute for Afghan Studies (USA)
The Institute's goal is to foster a better understanding of Afghan affairs through scholarly research and studies.
- The Iraqis: Their History and Culture
By Barbara Robson, Center for Applied Linguistics, Refugee Service Center (Washington, DC)
This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and cultures of Iraq. It is designed primarily for service providers and others assisting the Iraqi refugees in their new communities in the United States.
- Languages of Afghanistan
Edited by M. Paul Lewis. From Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International (Dallas, TX)
- The Making of Afghanistan
By Pankaj Mishra. From New York Review of Books, vol. 48, no. 18 (November 15, 2001).