Afghanistan

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• Conflict situation 21
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• Corruption 36
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• Demobilization / Disarmament 4
• Deportation / Forcible return 1
• Disappeared persons 2
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Domestic violence 9
• Drug trafficking 13
• Economic, social and cultural rights 14
• Election law 1
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• Extrajudicial executions 1
• Extreme poverty 2
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• Freedom of expression 38
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• Freedom of religion 9
• Freedom of speech 23
• Gang related violence 2
• Gender discrimination 14
• Gender mainstreaming 3
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• Good governance 47
• Harmful traditional practices 14
• Hazara 2
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• Military operations 26
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• Opposition 5
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• Persons with disabilities 2
• Police 20
• Political groups 13
• Political parties 20
• Political situation 117
• Prison or detention conditions 10
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 9
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
• Public health 12
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• Refugees 2
• Religious discrimination 2
• Return conditions 1
• Right to education 23
• Right to employment 3
• Right to health 5
• Right to justice 2
• Right to liberty and security 3
• Right to return 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 11
• SGBV 12
• Security forces 33
• Security situation 120
• Sharia law 4
• Shia 4
• Sikh 2
• Small arms 7
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group discrimination 3
• State protection 2
• Sunni 2
• Tajik 1
• Terrorism 31
• Trafficking in persons 1
• Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
• Uzbek 1
• War crimes 2
• Witchcraft 1
• Women's rights 87
• Women-at-risk 26
• Zoroastrian 1

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• Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF)
• Afghan Islamic Press News Agency
• Afghan NGOs Coordination Bureau
• Afghan Online Press
• Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA)
• Afghanistan Justice Project
• Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
• Afghanistan Online
• Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
• Agency Coordinating Body For Afghan Relief
• Amnesty International - Afghanistan
• BBC Pashto
• 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
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Afghanistan
• ReliefWeb - Afghanistan
• The Century Foundation - Afghanistan and Its Region
• UNHCR - Afghanistan
• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
• 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
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