Country Background

• Background reading
• Population
  • Background information on ethnic groups
• History
• Economy
  • Overview
  • Currency
  • Agriculture
• Education
• Languages

Politics & Law

• Political analysis
• Constitution
  • Wording of constitutions
  • Constitutional progress
  • Intimidation of delegates during the constitutional process
  • Outcome of Loya Jirga on constitution
• Government & Parliament
  • Transitional Authority
  • Head of state and cabinet
  • Structure of administration
  • Local governments
• Political parties
  • Legal basis
  • New parties and movements
  • Nationalists
    • Jumbish-i-Milli-Islami Afghanistan
    • Jabha-yi Najat-i-Mily Afghanistan
    • Mahaz-i Mily-i Islami
    • Sitam-i-Mily
  • Shia parties
    • Hizb-i Wahdat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan
    • Shura-yi Ittifaq
    • Nasr-Partei
    • Harakat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan
  • Sunni parties
    • Hizb-i Jami'at-i Islami-yi Afghanistan (Jamiat)
    • Hizb-i Islami
    • Hizb-i Islami-Khalis
    • Ittihad-i Islami Bara-yi Azadi Afghanistan
    • Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami
    • Tahriq-i Taliban
  • Communist parties
    • Hizb-i Dimukratik-i Khalq Afghanistan
    • Hizb-i Watan
    • Hizb-i Khalq
    • Hizb-i Parcham
  • Communist parties: Maoists
    • Shulay-i Jawaid
    • Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (RG)
    • Sazman-i Azadibakhsh-i Mardum-i Afghanistan (SAMA)
    • Sazman-i Rihayi Afghanistan (ALO)
  • Feminists - Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
  • Movements and coalitions
    • United National Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan or UNIFSA (Jabha-yi Muttahid-I Islmai-yi Milli bara-yi Nijat-I Afghanistan)
• Elections
  • Parliamentary elections of September 2005
  • Presidential elections 2004
    • Registration and candidates
    • Pre-election violence
    • Situation during elections
  • Loya Jirgah 2002
    • Role of Loya Jirgah
    • Proceedings and results
    • Selection of delegates
    • Interference of local warlords with Loya Jirgah
    • Participation of women in Loya Jirgah
• Judicial system
  • Legal basis
  • Court structure
  • Supreme Court
  • Rebuilding the judicial system
  • Procedural rules
  • Traditional dispute resolution
  • Land & property
• National law
  • Legal reforms
  • Marriage- and divorce law
  • Criminal Law - Legal basis
  • Application of Sharia laws
  • Property law and tenure
• Official documents