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» After the Taleban
   A guide from the BBC on key figures in Afghan politics following the downfall of the Taliban.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/after_the_taleban/

» BBC News Profile: Younis Qanooni
   A portrait.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695218.stm

» Female Minister "is Afghan Rushdie"
   Powerful Islamic fundamentalists have launched a fierce attack on Sima Samar, the minister of women's affairs. The Guardian, UK.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jun/18/afghanistan.jonathansteele

» Interview with Sima Samar
   While some men were beginning to wake up to women's rights there remains a great deal of work to be done, states the Minister of Women's Affairs.
   http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=17845

» Sima Samar
   A BBC portrait of Dr Sima Samar, Afghanistan's new deputy premier.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695842.stm

» Suhaila Seddiqi
   BBC portrait of Suhaila Seddiqi, health minister in Afghanistan's new executive council.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695590.stm

» The woman who stood up to the Taliban
   Afghanistan's new health minister Dr Suhaila Siddiqi talks to Suzanne Goldenberg.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jan/24/gender.uk1

» Yunus Qanooni: Ready to Open Up Cabinet Position
   Interview with the Afghan Interior Minister, by EurasiaNet.
   http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav052202.shtml