Afghanistan

• Abduction 8
• Access to procedures 1
• Anti-terrorism law 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 23
• Armed forces / Military 3
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 57
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baha'i 10
• Buddhist 8
• Child labour 10
• Child prostitution 7
• Child soldiers 13
• Children's rights 18
• Children-at-risk 19
• Christian 11
• Conflict situation 1
• Corruption 9
• Criminal justice 4
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 22
• Domestic violence 2
• Drug trafficking 5
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 7
• Emigrants 1
• Extrajudicial executions 24
• Forced labour 29
• Forced marriage 10
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 20
• Freedom of assembly and association 22
• Freedom of expression 22
• Freedom of information 5
• Freedom of movement 22
• Freedom of religion 42
• Freedom of speech 21
• Gender discrimination 22
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 4
• HIV and AIDS 5
• Harmful traditional practices 2
• Hazara 1
• Hindu 11
• Honour killings 1
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 4
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 7
• Independence of judiciary 6
• Internal armed conflict 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 5
• International protection 2
• Ismaili 8
• Jew 11
• Kuchi 1
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 5
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 4
• Migrants 1
• Military operations 2
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Minorities 9
• Muslim 11
• National security / Public order 1
• Pashtun 1
• Pentecostal 1
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 4
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
• Persons with disabilities 10
• Police 8
• Political parties 2
• Pre-trial detention 7
• Prison or detention conditions 11
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 3
• Refugees 5
• Religious discrimination 25
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
• Right to education 1
• Right to registration at birth 1
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
• Sale of children 3
• Security forces 10
• Security situation 2
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 20
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Shia 11
• Sikh 11
• Smuggling of persons 2
• Social group discrimination 13
• Sufi 5
• Sunni 11
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
• Terrorism 72
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 9
• Trafficking in persons 40
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Women's rights 20
• Women-at-risk 13

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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