Afghanistan

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• Abduction 67
• Access to water 1
• Age discrimination 1
• Airports 3
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
• Armed forces / Military 265
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 496
• Asylum-seekers 2
• Atheist / Agnostic 1
• Border conflict 31
• Border controls 2
• Border crossers 5
• Child labour 2
• Children's rights 6
• Children-at-risk 11
• Christian 2
• Civil and political rights 1
• Civil rights legislation 1
• Combatants / Former combatants 1
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
• Community development 1
• Conflict situation 3
• Corruption 14
• Coup d'état 1
• Criminal justice 9
• Death penalty 23
• Demobilization / Disarmament 1
• Democracy 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 7
• Disappeared persons 3
• Domestic violence 5
• Drug trafficking 9
• Economic, social and cultural rights 1
• Election law 1
• Elections 106
• Expulsion 3
• Extradition 1
• Extrajudicial executions 15
• Extreme poverty 1
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Forced labour 1
• Forced marriage 9
• Foreign occupation 2
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 9
• Freedom of assembly and association 2
• Freedom of expression 43
• Freedom of information 7
• Freedom of movement 1
• Freedom of religion 5
• Freedom of speech 7
• Gender discrimination 7
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 3
• Germans 1
• Good governance 2
• HIV and AIDS 2
• Hazara 8
• Hindu 1
• Honour killings 5
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 4
• Human rights activists 3
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
• Human rights monitors 11
• Humanitarian assistance 5
• Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 5
• Immigrants 1
• Immigration Detention 1
• Immunity 1
• Impunity 2
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Internal armed conflict 20
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
• Involuntary repatriation 1
• Kuchi 1
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 5
• Mental health 1
• Migrants 6
• Military operations 109
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Minorities 2
• Muslim 8
• National security / Public order 2
• Nomads 2
• Older persons 1
• Opposition 4
• Pashtun 2
• Peace agreements 3
• Peace process 68
• Police 121
• Political groups 1
• Political situation 10
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
• Prison or detention conditions 13
• Prisoners of war 3
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 62
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 14
• Public health 3
• Reconciliation 4
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 18
• Religious discrimination 1
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2
• Resettlement 1
• Returnees 2
• Right to education 11
• Right to food 1
• Right to health 1
• Right to justice 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• SGBV 17
• Salafi 1
• Sale of children 1
• Sanctions 2
• Security forces 17
• Security situation 108
• Serious non-political crime 1
• Sexual and reproductive rights 4
• Sharia law 2
• Shia 6
• Sikh 3
• Small arms 1
• Smuggling of persons 4
• Spontaneous return 1
• Terrorism 294
• Threats / Intimidation 1
• Torture 8
• Trafficking in persons 1
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
• Turkmen 2
• Uighur 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
• Uzbek 1
• War crimes 5
• Women's rights 30
• Women-at-risk 4

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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