Web Sites on Afghanistan

General Information
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Governance
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• The Afghan Electoral Law Passed May 2004
• The Afghan Constitution p16 and 24 describe the electoral provisions
• Constitution-making links - US Institute of Peace resource with links to all constitutions worldwide
• Constitution-building program - International IDEA  case-study examples of constitution-building in different nations
• The constitution-building process in Afghanistan - excellent IDEA case-study describing how the process unfolded
• The Joint Electoral Management Body, Afghanistan The official body running the elections with reports on voter registration, parties, and the (forthcoming) election results
• International Federation of Electoral Assistance (IFES) Their role in assisting with election management, voter education, training, media monitoring, and democratic assistance.
• BBC Afghanistan's Future Special Report Includes up-to-the-minute developments and video footage
• NYU/CID Afghanistan Reconstruction Project A long series of articles and briefing papers.
• NYU/CID Afghanistan Constitution Resources Lots of useful official documents and briefing papers translated into English
• White House: Rebuilding Afghanistan The Bush administration's initiatives in rebuilding Afghanistan
• U.S. Department of State: Afghanistan
• CIA World Fact Book: Afghanistan Basic background on the country
• United Nations: Afghanistan