Related Topics on Afghanistan & Featured Links

The following list includes a variety of resources for analysts of Afghan topics. Some items on the list include CCS briefs and summaries, of which a notation is provided. Other items are links to websites and reports our program finds helpful in understanding the human terrain in Afghanistan. Click the subject links to jump to each topic.

Culture

• Afghanistan Digital Library
  • Online resource of Afghan literature in digital format.
• American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
  • Non-profit organization promoting study of Afghan culture
• Ethnic Identity
  • CCS Summary on various ethnic identities in Afghanistan
• Language dispersion in Afghanistan (PDF)
  • Dated (1985) map of linguistic variety in Afghanistan.
• Nuristan Site
  • Richard Strand's Ethnographic study of Nuristan
• Tribe & Clan Genealogy
  • CCS Webpage with tribe and clan genealogies in PDF format.

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Economics & Statistics

• AIMS
  • Afghanistan Information Management Services
• Afghanistan Profile (PDF)
  • Statistical Profiles of the Least Developed Countries. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 2005
• Afghanistan Country Brief.
  • World Bank
• Central Statistics Office
  • Website provides stastical data on Afghanistan
• Energy Analysis (PDF)
  • Energy Information Administration
• Doing Business 2008 Afghanistan. (PDF)
  • World Bank
• Population Reference Bureau
  • Demographic data bank

Education

• American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

Development

• Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
  • Independent research group in Kabul.
• Afghanistan Research Group
  • Research group based in Germany.
• Center for Afghanistan Studies
  • University of Nebraska
• Center for Conflict and Peace Studies
  • CAPS is an independent research center based in Kabul
• Center on International Cooperation
  • Afghanistan Reconstruction Project (ARP) led by Dr. Barnett Rubin
• Health Report.
  • World Health Organization
• MRRD
  • Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
• National Development Strategy
  • Official ANDS Website on development programs in Afghanistan.
• Shaping Urban Futures (PDF)
  • AREU Paper, Challenges to Governing and Managing Afghan Cities, 2005.
• TThe Senlis Council
  • Security and Development think tank. Provides video interviews of locals.
• UNAMA
  • United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
• UNDP
  • United Nations Development Programme Afghanistan
• World Development Indicators.
  • World Health Organization.

Human Rights

• 2008 Human Development Report (PDF)
  • The Center for Policy and Human Development (CPHD), report explores the importance of the rule of law to human development.
• 2007 Human Development Report (PDF)
  • The Center for Policy and Human Development (CPHD), report explores the importance of the rule of law to human development.
• Afghanistan National Development Strategy (PDF)
  • UN strategy for security, governance, economic growth and poverty reduction
• 2007 Human Rights Report
  • Amnesty International report on Afghanistan
• UNICEF
  • The United Nations Childrens Fund page on Afghanista

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Human Terrain Analysis

• Behavioral Influences Analysis Center, USAF
  • Human Terrain analysis and education program operated by US Air Force.
• The Pashtun Tribal System (PDF)
  • By: Bernt Glatzer
• Politics and Modern History of Hazara (PDF)
  • By: Humuyan Sarabi
• RefWorld Afghanistan
  • UN Refugee Agency reports
• Voluntary Repatriation Summary Reports
  • UNHCR reports.

News & Commentary

• Afghanistan Analyst
  • Resource lists of research on Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Conflict Monitor
  • News and research updates
• Afghanistan News Center
  • Daily Headlines on Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Watch
  • Blog focused on current events in Afghanistan
• E-Ariana.
  • News, media, and culture. Ariana Afghanistan Broadcasting
• From an Anthropological Perspective.
  • Blog by Dr. Marcus Griffin, a Human Terrain Team member in Iraq.
• Human Security Report
  • Gateway to recent research and commentary on security issues
• Informed Comment
  • Group blog on current events and global affairs
• The Long War Journal
  • News and analysis from variety of journalists

Political Development

• The Afghanistan Compact (PDF)
  • The London Conference on Afghanistan, 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2006.
• Constitution of Afghanistan (PDF)
  • CCS Summary.
• Constitution of Afghanistan (PDF)
  • Official final draft version.
• Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA)
  • Official website of the Government of Pakistan
• President Karzai's Website
  • Official website of the President of Afghanistan.

Security

• Afghan Conflict Monitor
  • Academic articles and current events analysis run by Human Security Report Project.
• Afghan National Army
  • Official Website, with command bios | CCS Summary
• Afghan National Police (ANP) Assessment.
  • CCS Summary
• Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and US Policy - (PDF)
  • Report to US Congress by Kenneth Katzman
• Half-Year Review of the Security Situation in Afghanistan (PDF)
  • UN Department of Safety and Security, Afghanistan, August 2007
• Human Security Gateway
  • News, research, and topics on Afghanistan and other regions.
• Peace Operations Monitor
• A working group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC)
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
  • Online Maps of South Asia. The University of Texas at Austin.
• Private Security Companies and Local Population (PDF)
  • Study in Afghanistan and Angola. By: Swiss Peace
• Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: The Afghan National Army (PDF) - Samuel Chan
  • Working Paper Series, No. 128 (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2007)
• Small Wars Journal
  • Blog on small wars and insurgency.
• State Department
  • Afghanistan Page
• The Taliban (PDF)
  • CCS Overview on the Taliban

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