Web Directory

» Amnesty International - Afghanistan
   Ongoing collection of news and reports on the status of human rights.
   http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/afghanistan

» Amnesty International USA - Afghanistan Human Rights
   News, reports and success stories for the country including AI Annual Report entries for the past ten years.
   http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/afghanistan/page.do?id=1011101

» BBC News - US holds thousands in Afghanistan
   A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1723242.stm

» British al-Qaida suspects disappear
   Dozens of Taliban and al-Qaida suspects have disappeared from jails in Kabul and are beyond the reach of human rights monitors and diplomats.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jan/09/afghanistan.rorycarroll

» CNN: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban
   Freelance journalist Saira Shah on an undercover, under-burqa project captures the totalitarian brutality of Taliban rule on film.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/08/24/shah/index.html

» Guardian: Behind the Burka
   Polly Toynbee. "With such a dearth of satisfactory allies, the coalition should turn to one Afghan group completely ignored so far - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan."
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/28/religion.afghanistan

» Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan
   Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.
   http://www.hrw.org/en/asia/afghanistan

» Human Rights in Afghanistan
   Derechos presents information and links on human rights in Afghanistan.
   http://www.derechos.org/saran/afg.html?afghanistan

» Kabul's Lost Women
   The Washington Post reports that many women and girls abducted by the Taliban are still missing.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62604-2001Dec18&notFound=true

» The Taliban and Afghan Women
   The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis.
   http://www.feminist.org/afghan/facts.html

» US State Department - 2008 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan
   2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.
   http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/sca/119131.htm