Politics

After the Taliban - Economist article on the different political parties and the chances for Afghanistan's future. <small>(October 4, 2001)</small>
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=806349

Afghanistan Liberation Organisation - Communist organization. Standpoints, publications, history.
http://maoism.ru/alo/

International Conference on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan, 21.-22. January 2002, Tokyo - Speeches and statements, press releases, documents and photos.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/afghanistan/min0201/

Afghanistan Peace Association (APA) - Offers information on the work of the organization, a chat and links. In English, with sites in Dari and Pashto.
http://www.arianainteractive.com/apa/

Home Office: Afghanistan Assessment - UK Immigration office prepared this thorough assessment of the human rights, ethnic and political issues in Afghanistan in Sept. 1999, for asylum purposes.
http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/afghanistan/ind99b_afghanistan_ca.htm

What's Next for Afghanistan? - Scholarly article by Julie Sirrs in the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, analysing past political influences and predicting future trends. Includes illustrated profiles of key figures. <small>(November, 2001)</small>
http://www.meib.org/articles/0111_me1.htm

Spotlight Falls on Afghan Expert: Stephen Evans - The Guardian portrays the Foreign Office specialist on Afghanistan, who reopened the British embassy in Kabul for the first time in more than a decade. <small>(November 20, 2001)</small>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,602622,00.html

Afghanistan Politics - Directory of Afghan political parties inside and outside the country with brief descriptions.
http://afghana.com/Government/Politics.htm

Afghanistan, the Taliban and the US - A guide to online resources on Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the US compiled by the South/Southeast Asia Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/afghan_US.html