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	Afghanistan News.Net
		Afghanistan's history, internal political development, foreign relations, and very existence as an independent state have largely been determined by its geographic location at the crossroads of Central, West, and South Asia.
		Kabul, Afghanistan — NATO helicopters, responding to a rocket attack at an Afghan army base, fired on a group of suspected insurgents, killing four and wounding 12 others in what may have...
		Afghanistan News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
	afghanistannews.net (1059 words)

	Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The Government of Afghanistan welcomes the successful conclusion of the international conference on Afghanistan that convened in London from 31 January – 1 February 2006.
		With the adoption of the Afghanistan Compact, the Government of Afghanistan and the international community renewed their steadfast commitment to achieve further progress in the areas of Security, Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights; and Economic and Social Development.
		Afghanistan also welcomes the establishment of a “Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board”, to be co-chaired by the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations.
	www.un.int /afghanistan/Security_Council-feb102006.html (692 words)

	Politics of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Taliban declared themselves the legitimate government of Afghanistan; however, the UN continued to recognize the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani.
		Afghanistan News.net has good links to headlines and news sources, although it's not clear who's running the site, or why: "Afghanistan News.net does not operate in Afghanistan nor does it have any ties there.
		United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan was established in March 2003 "in an effort to integrate all UN activities in Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_Afghanistan (1479 words)

	Government - Afghanistan - Asia
		Until the 1960s Afghanistan’s king and the king’s relatives dominated the central government, though the royal family had to keep the support of conservative ethnic and religious leaders.
		In 1963, for the first time, a prime minister was appointed from outside the royal family because it was thought that it was not in the best interests of the country or the dynasty for close members of the royal family to be too closely identified with policymaking.
		Karzai named a commission to oversee the formation of a loya jirga, or grand council, that would convene within six months to choose a transitional government to govern the country for 18 months, at which time the country was scheduled to hold its first-ever general elections.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/afghanistan/government.htm (518 words)

	Afghanistan - Government
		It is rather the government of a dictator for life over a military aristocracy, and within this a congeries of small democracies.
		The sirdars govern in their respective districts, each after his own fashion; jealous, ambitious, turbulent, the sovereign can restrain them only by their divisions.
		There is no unity nor permanence; everything depends on the pleasure of a number of chiefs bound by no law, always at variance, and always ready to revolt when they have the slightest interest in doing so-almost always ready to plunge into strife with a wild delight in it for its own sake.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AFG/afghanistan-16.html (235 words)

	Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Both Governments recognize that considerable and enduring support and commitment by the international community is required to assist the efforts being made by the people of Afghanistan to build their future.
		The UK admires the courage shown by the Afghan government and people in tackling the tasks of reconstruction and reconciliation, and the determination of the Government of Afghanistan to ensure that their country will never again be a safe haven for terrorism and organized crime.
		Afghanistan will put in place policies to encourage economic growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction, including sound, accountable and transparent institutions and increased fiscal transparency essential to tackle corruption, boost private sector development, and attract investment; a credible legal framework; and the elimination of impediments to private investment, both domestic and foreign.
	www.un.int /afghanistan/Karzai-UKAfghanRelations-july19005.html (1124 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa
		Although informal negotiations for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan had been underway since 1982, it was not until 1988 that the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the United States and Soviet Union serving as guarantors, signed an agreement settling the major differences between them.
		Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of coal, salt, chromium, iron ore, gold, fluorite, talc, copper, and lapis lazuli.
		Afghanistan is the most heavily mined country in the world; mine-related injuries number up to 100 per month.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/sa/afghanistan9407.html (5506 words)

	::Government::
		In 1987 the Soviet-backed Communist government issued a new constitution providing for a president to be indirectly elected to a seven-year term; Mohammad Najibullah was elected president.
		President Karzai named a commission to oversee the formation of a loya jirga, or grand council, that would convene within six months to choose a transitional government to govern the country for 18 months, at which time the country was scheduled to hold its first-ever general elections.
		Near the end of Soviet involvement in Afghanistan, more than 100 national government organizations and private volunteer relief agencies from more than 20 countries were bringing relief and assistance to Afghans, both inside the country and outside to the refugee population.
	www.embassyofafghanistan.com /gov.html (1313 words)

	The EU's relations with Afghanistan - Overview
		The events of 11 September 2001 brought Afghanistan to the fore of world attention, highlighting it as a failed state and one of the poorest countries in the world.
		Afghanistan is a land-locked country situated at the cross-roads between Central and South Asia.
		Afghanistan is entitled to benefits under the General System of Preferences (GSP) and the Everything But Arms Initiative (EBA) but was unable to take more than minimal advantage of these facilities due to the limited levels of trade and lack of suitable administration under the Taliban.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/afghanistan/intro/index.htm (1871 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		The current government, recognizing the economic and social benefits of improved communications, is eager to address this shortfall.
		Creating a corps of Afghanistan specialists should be considered, and the specialists should have a thorough grounding in Afghanistan's laws and procedures, revenue system, history, and the language of the province in which they would work.
		Afghanistan specialists should not be limited to serving military personnel.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume4/march_2006/3_06_4.html (4036 words)

	Afghanistan's Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		After their defeat, Afghanistan was divided up into different tribes which caused a civil war in which the Taliban emerged as the victor.
		The current government was installed on December 22, 2001, at which time it was scheduled to be in power for six months.
		The job of the current interim government, lead by Hamid Karzai, is to attempt to stabilize the country's economy, rebuild the cities ravaged by war, and prepare for the next government to take power.
	www.ri.net /schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/afghanistangovernment.html (661 words)

	The Taliban and Afghanistan: Special Reports: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace
		Neighboring countries are wary that Taliban rule in Afghanistan could lead to a persistent pattern of armed border clashes, illegal narcotics trafficking, terrorism, and the rekindling of ethnic and sectarian tensions throughout the region.
		Afghanistan poses an enormous challenge to an international community distracted by other priorities and lacking effective policy options for containing the dangerous spillover of Afghanistan's political, military, and social upheaval into neighboring states.
		Afghanistan is one of the most important defining issues for Pakistan in terms of security, domestic politics, ideology, and political identity.
	www.usip.org /oc/sr/sr_afghan.html (5056 words)

	Afghanistan Country Analysis Brief
		Afghanistan currently is governed by a transitional administration headed by Hamid Karzai (national elections are scheduled for September 2004), who took office after a U.S.-led coalition defeated the previous Taliban government, which had provided sanctuary in Afghanistan for the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
		Afghanistan’s crude oil potential is more modest, with perhaps up to 100 million barrels of medium-gravity recoverable from Angot and other fields that are undeveloped.
		Besides oil and natural gas, Afghanistan also is estimated to have 73 million tons of coal reserves, most of which is located in the region between Herat and Badashkan in the northern part of the country.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/afghan.html (2405 words)

	JURIST - Afghanistan: Afghan Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
		Nationalist Islamic Mujahideen rebels nonetheless refused to recognize the Soviet-backed regime, eventually forcing the withdrawl of Soviet forces in 1989 and the adoption of an amended multiparty Islamic-oriented Constitution in 1990.
		The socialist government of Afghanistan was ultimately overthrown by the Mujahideen in 1992; the Mujahideen subsequently proclaimed an Islamic State and called elections in which Professor Burhannudin Rabbani was elected President.
		There are currently no functioning law schools in Afghanistan; a faculty of law was established at Kabul University in 1938, but the university - closed at one point under the Taliban regime - is currently in disarray and the status of the law program is unclear.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/afghanistan.htm (935 words)

	Is Afghanistan Government Only Working For Foreigners, Not For Afghans? - Asia burning
		The recent example of substandard treatment of the Afghani government came to fore, when they failed to liberate Ajmal Naqshbandi, an Afghan interpreter and a freelance journalist who was detained by the Taliban on March 5 together with journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo of the Rome-based La Repubblica newspaper.
		While Mastrogiacomo was liberated in an exchange for five captive Taliban militants, whereas, Naqshbandi was executed by the militants, perhaps due to the shoddy attitude of the government towards local citizens.
		The Karzai government once again, after it failed to release Naqshbandi from Taliban, is in the firing line as pressure is reinforced by local Afghani groups.
	www.asiaburning.com /entry/is-afghanistan-government-only-working-for-foreigners-not-for-afghans (493 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Government of Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The government's authority is growing, although its ability to deliver necessary social services remains largely dependent on funds from the international donor community.
		Afghanistan is now an active member of the international community, and has diplomatic relations with countries from around the world.
		Afghanistan's relations with Tajikistan have been complicated by political upheaval and civil war in Tajikistan, which spurred some 100,000 Tajiks to seek refuge in Afghanistan in late 1992 and early 1993.
	globaledge.msu.edu /ibrd/CountryGovt.asp?CountryID=9&RegionID=3 (1037 words)

	State Department Official Previews Afghanistan Donors Conference
		I would expect the Government of Afghanistan to come to Berlin prepared to make commitments on what it is they're going to do to over the next several years -- in the next year is the short term, but over the next several years as well.
		There is a document that the government is working on, the Government of Afghanistan is working on that will be called kind of a work plan.
		But in Afghanistan, it has a very important moral leadership and Ambassador Brahimi, who was there in Afghanistan for a long time was responsible for a lot of the progress that the Afghan Government made.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=March&x=20040326183012MBzemoG0.8850824&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (5273 words)

	NewsHour Extra: Afghanistan's New Government - November 28, 2001
		Afghanistan is home to nine major ethnic groups, each with their own concerns, interests and alliances inside and outside the country.
		Tribal leaders at the first loya jirga would approve a transitional government to be in place for up two years, leading to a second loya jirga, which would approve a constitution and set the stage for elections.
		Afghanistan's past is filled with many battles for control of the government.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/july-dec01/afghan_govt_11-28.html (1119 words)

	NATO in Aghanistan - Factsheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		ISAF supports the Government of Afghanistan in expanding its authority to the rest of the country, and in providing a safe and secure environment conducive to free and fair elections, the spread of the rule of law, and the reconstruction of the country.
		The CIMIC objectives are to assist the Commander of ISAF in his effort to support the Government of Afghanistan in maintaining and expanding security throughout the country, to support stabilisation, reconstruction and nation-building activities, and to co-operate with the International Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
		Under the terms of the Military Technical Agreement between ISAF and the Government of Afghanistan, signed on 9 December 2003, ISAF has been supporting the Afghan Ministry of Defence in its efforts to carry forward the cantonment of heavy weapons outside Kabul city limits.
	www.nato.int /issues/afghanistan/040628-factsheet.htm (2198 words)

	United States Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan
		Afghanistan cannot hope to develop into a properly functioning democracy, with a stable government operating under the rule of law, if the drug trade dominates its economy.
		In response to a request from the Government of Afghanistan, the United States assisted in the establishment of an Afghan Central Poppy Eradication Force (CPEF) in May 2004 to carry out eradication that was centrally directed and targeted.
		An immediate priority of the Government of Afghanistan is to establish security and rule of law throughout the country.
	www.state.gov /p/inl/rls/rm/53967.htm (3095 words)

	Backgrounder on Afghanistan: History of the War (Human Rights Watch Backgrounder, October 2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The PDPA government, under Khalq leadership, then embarked on a campaign of radical land reform accompanied by mass repression in the countryside that resulted in the arrest and summary execution of tens of thousands.
		The Soviet occupation force of some 115,000 troops and the Karmal government sought to crush the uprisings with mass arrests, torture, and executions of dissidents, and aerial bombardments and executions in the countryside.
		Arguably the most powerful agency within the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban renamed the country, is the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (al-Amr bi al-Ma'ruf wa al-Nahi `an al-Munkir), which is responsible for the enforcement of all Taliban decrees regarding moral behavior.
	www.hrw.org /backgrounder/asia/afghan-bck1023.htm (2532 words)

	Press Releases: Afghanistan, Press conference by the Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan, 7 ...
		The third is the recommendation of paragraph 40 of the mission, which urges the government and the world community to sharpen their focus on human rights and protection of civilians.
		The Afghan government depends to a large degree on the support and cooperation of the international community, and the international community depends on the cooperation of the Afghan government.
		If Afghanistan and the international community have to stay with the same international involvement, then the Afghan forces urgently have to be strengthened and reinforced.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6WAQYH?OpenDocument (2966 words)

	The Debate: Did oil influence America's decision to invade Afghanistan? Were the true motives for war declared? Read ...
		The war on Afghanistan was sold to the public as a reaction to the attacks on 11 September 2001.
		Afghanistan is one of the world's poorest countries, where such an enormous sum sum of money would have had extraordinary value.
		The leader of the new US-controlled interim government in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, was a key collaborator in the conspiracy to construct the major gas and oil pipe-line in the region, which was the hidden agenda of the US-led invasion.
	thedebate.org /thedebate/afghanistan.asp (2807 words)

	Afghanistan Reconstruction \| Development Gateway
		Afghanistan had completely lost its infrastructure and technical professionals because of years of conflict.
		This new briefing paper from the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) seeks to clarify what is required to effectively pursue alternative livelihoods as a goal of Afghanistan's counter narcotics objectives.
		From urban Spain to rural India, Intel is working together with governments to develop innovative, cost-effective programs that increase access to PCs and the Internet, improve educational outcomes, grow local ICT industries and develop the skills and infrastructure that nations and businesses need to thrive.
	www.developmentgateway.org /node/134111 (716 words)

	Situation in Afghanistan
		Even though our programs to assist the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) in combating the drug trade are working reasonably well in their initial stages, we have encountered some major challenges, notably with regard to helping the Afghan authorities dissuade farmers from growing poppy and destroy poppy fields when self-restraint is not sufficient to curb production.
		We are working with the Government of Afghanistan and with our allies, most notably the United Kingdom, to rework some of our strategy aimed at assisting the Afghan authorities and Afghan people in the struggle against the opium poppy culture.
		INL is working closely with Germany and the GOA to enhance the training program with mentoring initiatives and support for reform at the Ministry of Interior (MOI), as well as providing critically needed infrastructure and equipment to ensure that the police have all the skills and tools they need to perform effectively and professionally.
	www.state.gov /p/inl/rls/rm/51067.htm (2653 words)

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