Afghanistan News and Analysis Links

Afghanistan Activism

Institute for War & Peace Reporting
http://www.iwpr.net/afghan_index1.html
HRW: Afghanistan
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/afghanistan/
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
http://www.rawa.org/recent2.htm

Mainstream News

Guardian UK Afghan News
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/0,1284,548335,00.html
Afghan News Network
http://www.myafghan.com/
Afgha.com
http://www.afgha.com/
AfghanNews.net
http://afghanistannews.net/
Afghan Daily
http://www.afghandaily.com/
Afghan News Channel
http://www.afghan-network.net/News/
Afghan Online Press: Afghan News
http://www.aopnews.com/today.html
Sabawoon
http://www.sabawoon.com/

Afghanistan Information Links

National Geographic: Afghanistan
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/
Wikipedia Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
Afghan Government
http://www.afghanistans.com/
Afghanistan Politics
http://www.politicalresources.net/afghanistan.htm

Islamic and Regional News Sites That Cover Afghanistan News

Jihad Unspun
http://www.jihadunspun.net/
Khilafah
http://www.khilafah.com/home/
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
http://www.jamaat.org/
Cage Prisoners
http://www.cageprisoners.com/
Kavkaz Center
http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/

Background Info On Various Current and Former Afghan Political Figures and Warlords:

Hamid Karzai: President of Afghanistan (2001-2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai
Abdul Rashid Dostum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar
Burhanuddin Rabbani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani
Mohammed Fahim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Fahim
Ismail Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Khan

Ahmed Shah Massoud (killed in 2001)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Shah_Massoud

Mohammed Omar: Ruler Of Afghanistan (1996-2001)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar
Burhanuddin Rabbani: Ruler Of Afghanistan (1992-1996)
Mohammad Najibullah: President of Afghanistan (1986-1992)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Najibullah
Babrak Karmal: President of Afghanistan (1980 - 1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babrak_Karmal
Nur Mohammed Taraki: President of Afghanistan (1978-1980)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan#The_Communists_take_power,_1978
Mohammed Daoud Khan: President of the Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan
Mohammed Zahir Shah: king of Afghanistan (1933-1973 )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Zahir_of_Afghanistan
Mohammed Nadir Shah: king of Afghanistan (1929-1922)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Nadir_Shah
Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan: ruler of Afghanistan (1919-29)
http://www.afghanan.net/biographies/amanullahkhan.htm