Afghanistan Web Resources 

See also the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) website and Lexis/Nexis(for Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports -- see most recent CRS Report (7/14/09) and other Congressional materials on Afghanistan).  

• The Afghanistan Analyst
  An excellent, current site. Includes links to news sites, research centers, military information, maps, images, ethnic websites, reports and analysis, dissertations, experts, blogs, digital libraries, and a regularly updated extensive bibliography of print and electronic materials. 
• Eldis:Afghanistan
  From the Institute for Development Studies in the U.K. Information on agriculture, aid and debt, governance, finance,  trade, environment, poverty, migration, gender issues and health.
• Green Box:Afghanistan
  Maps, plus information on crime, the economy, education, politics, human rights, culture, environment and more. From Indiana University at Bloomington.
• War Report : Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath 
  Links to key reports, articles, documents and websites relating to the war and its aftermath in Afghanistan and the conflict in Iraq. Frequently updated by the Project on Defense Alternatives. 
• Afghanistan Reports and Web sites of Interest 
  From Greta Marlatt at the Naval Postgraduate School Library
  
      Reports
     
  • Commission on Wartime Contracting in Afghanistan and Iraq  
    Created in Section 841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the CWC is an independent, bipartisan legislative commission established to study wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    
  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [SIGAR]
    Created by Congress, the Office of the SIGAR is charged with overseeing the accounting for monies expended for the effective reconstruction of Afghanistan.  
    
  • Brookings Institute - Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post 9/11 Afghanistan
    A a statistical compilation that is updated regularly.
  • Afghanistan and Pakistan On The Brink: Framing U.S. Policy Options 
    From the Center for Strategic and International Studies
    
  • Department of Defense (DoD) reports: reports to Congress in accordance with the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act 
    
    §  Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan for 2009:January and June. Also 2008:June    
    
    §  United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces (June 2008)
    
    
  • Department of State: 2008 Human Rights Report - Afghanistan  
  • Progress in Afghanistan: Bucharest Summit 2-4 April 2008 (NATO) 
    
    
    Websites
  •  Afghanistan: Current Issues [February 2009] 
     From the Air University Library 
  • Center for Defense Information: Afghanistan Update 
  • Department of Defense Defend America - Afghanistan Update 
  • Department of State: Afghanistan
  • Human Security Report Project: Afghanistan Conflict Monitor
  • Human Rights Watch:  Afghanistan 
  • International Crisis Group: Afghanistan 
  • International Monetary Fund : Afghanistan 
  • Library of Congress
    Country Studies - Afghanistan and Portals to the World-Afghanistan 
  • National Defense University Library: Military Policy Awareness Links (MiPALs) - Afghanistan 
  • NATO in Afghanistan
  • UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [UNAMA]
  • US Central Command: Afghanistan 
  • US Embassy Vienna : US Policy and Issues - Afghanistan 
  • US Institute of Peace: Afghanistan 
  • USAID: Afghanistan 
  • World Bank: Afghanistan 
  • World Health Organization: Afghanistan