Afghanistan

Country Information 751
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Abduction 19
Access to procedures 8
Access to water 8
Administrative courts 2
Administrative law 1
Africans 1
Aimaq 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 3
Appeal / Right to appeal 2
Arabs 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 36
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 49
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 63
Asylum policy 5
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 26
Baha'i 4
Baluchis 2
Blood feuds 5
Border conflict 4
Border controls 2
Border crossers 1
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
Capacity building of state institutions 3
Ceasefire 1
Cessation clauses 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 1
Child labour 16
Child prostitution 4
Child soldiers 13
Children's rights 39
Children-at-risk 31
Christian 7
Civil and political rights 15
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 9
Combatants / Former combatants 5
Communal conflict / Social conflict 7
Complementary forms of protection 1
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 14
Conflict situation 47
Constitutional law 8
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 7
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Corruption 46
Country of origin information (COI) 4
Credibility assessment 1
Crime prevention 1
Crimes against humanity 4
Criminal justice 22
Death in custody 2
Death penalty 20
Demobilization / Disarmament 3
Democracy 8
Deportation / Forcible return 8
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 12
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 7
Domestic violence 19
Drug trafficking 25
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 28
Effective protection 2
Effective remedy 1
Elections 59
Embargo 1
Entry / Exit 4
Equal opportunities 2
Equality before the law 4
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
Exclusion clauses 1
Extrajudicial executions 27
Extreme poverty 7
False documents 2
Family law 1
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 7
Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 23
Foreign occupation 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 39
Freedom of assembly and association 19
Freedom of expression 31
Freedom of information 10
Freedom of movement 14
Freedom of religion 7
Freedom of speech 11
Gender discrimination 29
Gender mainstreaming 13
Gender-based persecution 18
Good governance 101
Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
HIV and AIDS 7
Harmful traditional practices 11
Hazara 11
Hindu 6
Honour killings 12
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 17
Human Rights Council 9
Human rights activists 12
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 69
Human rights law 3
Human rights monitors 6
Humanitarian assistance 31
IDP camps 5
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
Illegitimate children 1
Immigrants 5
Immigration Detention 2
Impunity 25
Independence of judiciary 16
Integration 5
Internal armed conflict 58
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 5
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 66
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
International armed conflict 29
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 13
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jew 1
Jurisdiction 3
Juvenile justice system 3
Kuchi 6
Labour law 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 16
Laws relating to religion 3
Legal representation / Legal aid 6
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 16
Livelihoods 28
Maternal and child health care 8
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Mercenaries 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 11
Military courts 4
Military law 2
Military operations 50
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 8
Minorities 17
Minority rights 4
Muslim 15
National security / Public order 3
Nomads 4
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 4
Nuristanis 5
Older persons 3
Opposition 5
Panjshiris 2
Pashtun 14
Passports 1
Pastoralists 1
Peace agreements 4
Peace process 10
Peacekeeping 19
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 3
Persecution based on political opinion 7
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Persons with disabilities 9
Police 23
Political groups 30
Political parties 35
Political situation 150
Polygamy 2
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 6
Prison or detention conditions 36
Prisoners of war 1
Proof of nationality 1
Property restitution 1
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 32
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
Public health 17
Racial / Ethnic persecution 6
Reconciliation 12
Referendum 2
Refoulement 5
Refugee / Asylum law 8
Refugee camps 4
Refugee identity documents 3
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 63
Regional instruments 1
Registration 2
Reintegration 9
Rejected asylum-seekers 4
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
Resettlement 1
Return conditions 15
Returnees 29
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 31
Right to employment 16
Right to family life 4
Right to food 5
Right to health 14
Right to justice 4
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 6
Right to registration at birth 3
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 51
SGBV 62
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 1
Sale of children 1
Sanctions 1
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 62
Security situation 171
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Sharia law 5
Shia 6
Sikh 5
Single heads of household 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 3
Social group persecution 2
Spontaneous return 1
State of emergency 1
State protection 5
Statelessness 2
Sufi 3
Sunni 6
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Tajik 11
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 45
Threats / Intimidation 1
Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 19
Transgression of social / cultural norms 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 12
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
Turkmen 5
Unaccompanied / Separated children 7
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Unlawful departure 1
Urban refugees 3
Uzbek 11
Visas 1
Voluntary repatriation 21
War crimes 9
Widowed persons 1
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 79
Women-at-risk 29

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EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Recruitment by armed groups September 2016 \| Publisher: European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) \| Document type: Country Reports
"Education on the Front Lines" - Military Use of Schools in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province 17 August 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Al Qaeda and U.S. Policy: Middle East and Africa 11 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Civil Service Reform in Afghanistan: Roles and Functions of the Civil Service Sector August 2016 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
"They Bear All the Pain" - Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan 13 July 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Information and Guidance - Afghanistan: Security and humanitarian situation July 2016 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan - Midyear Report 2016, Protection Of Civilians In Armed Conflict July 2016 \| Publisher: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) \| Document type: Country Reports
The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Good Governance in Afghanistan July 2016 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Bringing the State Closer to the People: Deconcentrating Planning and Budgeting in Afghanistan July 2016 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Subnational Governance in Afghanistan. I. The State of Affairs. II. The Future of District and Village Representation July 2016 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports

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