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• Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF)
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• Afghanistan Justice Project
• Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
• Afghanistan Online
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• Agency Coordinating Body For Afghan Relief
• Amnesty International - Afghanistan
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• BBC Persian - Afghanistan
• Bakhtar News Agency
• British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG)
• EurasiaNet - Afghanistan
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Afghanistan
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Afghanistan
• Institute for Afghan Studies
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Afghanistan
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Afghanistan
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Afghanistan
• International Council on Security and Development (ICOS)
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Afghanistan
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Afghanistan
• KabulPress.org
• Ministry of Justice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Ministry of Women's Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• NATO in Afghanistan
• New York Times - Afghanistan News
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Afghanistan
• Pajhwok Afghan News
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• The Century Foundation - Afghanistan and Its Region
• UNHCR - Afghanistan
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• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Afghanistan
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Afghanistan
• United States Department of State - Afghanistan
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Afghanistan
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Afghanistan