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AfghanOnline. Afghan Links (http://www.afghanonline.com/links.html)
Links to goverment/political groups and official organizations in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Constitution (http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/af00000_.html)

Afghanistan Government (http://www.afghangovernment.com)
Data on the transitional Afghan government, historical information, texts of the various constitutions of Afghanistan, links to government ministries, World Bank activities in the country, as well as links to other useful sites.

Afghanistan Page (http://www.muhajabah.com/afghanistan.php)
Links to some perspectives on the situation in Afghanistan that may not be considered mainstream.
Apologetics Index. Taliban, Taleban (http://www.apologeticsindex.org/t19.html)
Articles and information about the Taliban and their ideology.

Asia Source (http://www.google.com/u/asiasource?q=Afghanistan)
From the Asia Society. Search on Afghanistan for a wide variety of links and information.

Infoplease. Timeline: The Taliban (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/taliban-time.html)
Historical timeline of the Taliban.

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Ministry of Justice (http://www.moj.gov.af/english/Index.html)
Includes links to laws, official gazettes, the constitution, political parties and institutions (in Dari; English forthcoming), and Justice magazine (in Dari, English forthcoming).

Political Resources on the Net-The Islamic State of Afghanistan (http://www.politicalresources.net/afghanistan.htm)
Links to parties, organizations, governments, and media in the Islamic State of Afghanistan.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Afghanistan (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs0.html)
Online directory of key leaders of foreign countries including head of the central bank, ambassador to the United States, and Permanent Representative to the UN, New York. Follows transliteration systems generally agreed upon by U.S. Government agencies, except in cases in which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices–2004: Afghanistan (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41747.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. International Religious Freedom Report–2004: Afghanistan (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35513.htm)
Annual report–by country–on the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

U.S. Department of State. Embassy of the United States: Kabul, Afghanistan (http://afghanistan.usembassy.gov/)
The official home page of the U.S. Embassy to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, located in its capital city of Kabul, provides information about the operations of the embassy, as well as current news, photographic galleries, and a variety of digital links and other materials.

U.S. Library of Congress. Law Library of Congress: Afghanistan (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/afghanistan.html)
Guide to legal materials of all types relating to Afghanistan gathered by the Law Library of the U.S. Congress.

Washington Institute for Near East Policy (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/)
Founded in 1985, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public educational foundation dedicated to advancing a balanced and realistic understanding of U.S. interests in the Middle East. Provides links to research, programs, and analysis of events in Afghanistan.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Afghanistan (http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?section=search_all&topic_id=1424&fuseaction=search.search&searchstr=afghanistan)
Information about current events, history, and politics compiled by Center.

World Afghan Jirgah. Afghan Culture (http://www.afghanology.com/culture.htm)
Links to various sites on Afghan culture.

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