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Resources : General References : Afghanistan

  • Portals/Guides
  • General Information
  • Conflict and Relief Resources
  • Development Resources
  • Cultural Resources

  • Portals/Guides
  • About Afghanistan.com
    http://www.aboutafghanistan.com/
  • Academic Info Afghanistan Studies
    http://www.academicinfo.net/afghan.html
  • Afghan Info Center
    http://www.afghan-info.com/
  • Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS)
    http://hicfa.itos.uga.edu/
  • Afghanistan, Interactive Central Asia Resource Project
    http://www.icarp.org/afghan.html
  • Afghanistan Reconstruction News
    http://world-gateway.org/AF-news.htm
  • Afghanistan and the US: Selected Internet resources, University of California, Berkeley
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/afghan_US.html
  • Afghanistan, The World Bank Group
    http://www.worldbank.org/af
  • Afghanpedia, Sabawoon
    http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/default.shtm
  • BUBL Link - Catalogue of Internet Resources
    http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/afghanistan.htm
  • Development Gateway
    http://www.developmentgateway.org
  • INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict in Afghanistan, Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
    http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/afghan.html
  • Indiana University Libraries: Afghanistan
    http://www.indiana.edu/~libgpd/guides/green/afghanistan.html
  • Institute for Afghan Studies
    http://www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org/
  • Internet Resources: Afghanistan, Columbia University
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Afghanistan.html
  • Newsdex.net
    http://www.newsdex.net/afghanistanpakistanindia.html
  • OneWorld.net
    http://www.oneworld.org/themes/country/country_4_1.shtml
  • Political Resources: Afghanistan
    http://www.politicalresources.net/afghanistan.htm
  • Portals to the World, U.S. Library of Congress
    http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/afghanistan/afghanistan.html
  • Afghanistan Web Links, United States Institute of Peace Library
    http://www.usip.org/library/regions/afghan.html
  • The Afghan Network
    http://www.afghan-network.net/
  • The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide: Resources on Afghanistan
    http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jwr9311/MENA/National/Afghanistan.html
  • University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Afghanistan
    http://inic.utexas.edu/menic/countries/Afghanistan.html

  • General Information
  • Afghanistan: A Country Study, Library of Congress
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html
  • Afghanistan, CIA World Fact Book
    http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
  • Afghanistan, CountryWatch. News and background information:
    http://www.countrywatch.com/cw_country.asp?vCOUNTRY=1
  • Afghanistan Data Profile, World Development Indicators database
    http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=AFG&CCODE=AFG&CNAME=Afghanistan&PTYPE=CP
  • Afghanistan Fact Sheet
    http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/afgh.pdf
  • Afghanistan: Facts and Figures at a Glance, World Bank
    http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/SAR/sa.nsf/Attachments/dat/$File/AfgData.pdf
  • Background notes: Afghanistan, US Department of State
    http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/index.cfm?docid=5380
  • Country Profile: Afghanistan, BBC, December 22, 2001
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/country_profiles/newsid_1162000/1162668.stm
  • Country Reports: Afghanistan
    http://www.countryreports.org/afghanistan.htm
  • Crisis in Afghanistan, UNHCR facts
    http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/afghan?page=facts
  • FAST Supporting-Figures for Afghanistan
    http://www.isn.ethz.ch/onlinepubli/publihouse/fast/suppdata/afghanistan/afg_01_fig.pdf
  • Geohive Global Statistics - Afghanistan
    http://www.geohive.com/cd/af.php
  • The Heritage Foundation: Afghanistan Facts and Figures
    http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/WM37.cfm
  • The Political Science Almanac: Afghanistan
    http://www.polisci.com/world/nation/AF.htm
  • UNESCO and Afghanistan
    http://www.unesco.org/afghanistan
  • United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan - Some Basic Facts
    http://www.undp.org/afghanistan/basicfacts.html
  • UN News Centre: United Nations and Afghanistan
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel1.asp?infocusID=16&Body=Afghanistan
  • UNHCR Afghanistan - District Profiles
    http://www.hic.org.pk/assistance_sectors/refugee/refugees.html#UNHCR_District_Profiles

  • Conflict and Relief Resources
  • Afghanistan Landmine Fact Sheet
    http://www.afghan-network.net/Landmines/
  • Assistance Afghanistan Site
    http://www.pcpafg.org/
  • Background for Afghanistan Humanitarian Crisis, WHO
    http://www.who.int/disasters/emergency.cfm?emergencyID=2&doctypeID=10
  • Health Statistics: Afghanistan, UNICEF
    http://www.unicef.org/statis/Country_1.html
  • USAID Afghanistan: Rebuilding Afghanistan
    http://www.usaid.gov/about/afghanistan/
  • Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan
    http://hrw.org/reports/world/afghanistan-pubs.php
  • ICRC: Afghanistan: ICRC activities in facts and figures
    http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList199/8220A94A081AB60CC1256B66006108D3
  • International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
    http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=14
  • International Information Programs: Humanitarian Assistance/Refugees, U.S. Department of State
    http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/refugees/
  • ReliefWeb: UN OCHA site includes news and background information.
    http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Afghanistan?OpenDocument&StartKey=Afghanistan&Expandview
  • Save the Children: Afghanistan facts and figures
    http://www.savethechildren.org/afghanistan/afgan_facts.shtml
  • UNICEF - Afghanistan
    http://www.unicef.org/noteworthy/afghanistan/
  • World Food Program: Country Brief on Afghanistan
    http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=004

  • Development Resources
  • Afghanistan at a Glance, World Bank
    http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/afg_aag.pdf
  • Afghanistan: Energy and Energy-related Data, National Energy Information Center
    http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/afghan.html
  • Afghanistan Reconstruction and Recovery, Asian Development Bank
    http://www.adb.org/Afghanistan/default.asp
  • Canada's humanitarian relief effort in Afghanistan, Canadian International Development Agency
    http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/afghanaid
  • Economics and Statistics: Afghanistan, Asian Development Bank
    http://www.adb.org/Statistics/Poverty/AFG.asp
  • Fact Sheets on Afghanistan, Center for Economic and Social Rights
    http://www.cesr.org/Emergency%20Response/afghanfactsheets.htm
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan and the IMF, International Monetary Fund
    http://www.imf.org/external/country/AFG/index.htm
  • United Nations Development Programme - Afghanistan Recovery
    http://www.undp.org/afghanistan/

  • Cultural Resources
  • Holidays: Afghanistan
    http://www.holidayfestival.com/Afghanistan.html
  • Languages of Afghanistan, Ethnologue, SIL International
    http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Afghanistan




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