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The UN Human Rights office report on poverty in Afghanistan, Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in Afghanistan 2010, describes a situation where an overwhelming majority of people are living in poverty: a situation which has reinforced a strong sense of disillusionment and growing scepticism about the future of the democratization process. The report makes a number of recommendations:

enable Afghans to be the architects of their own future through participation in the design and implementation of poverty reduction strategies;

address impunity and corruption through fair and transparent processes;

give priority to development objectives rather than short-term military and political agendas.

Download the report in English or Dari from the website.

UN Pulse Permanent Link: Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in Afghanistan

UNODC Survey on Corruption in Afghanistan

Afghan election updates 2009

http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=henpacr&s=o&o=l=en&s=g&o=c0e025be5972ba4

This site was created by the Institute for War and Peace reporting to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential election. The include entries from June 2009 onwards. They offer insight into the conduct of the ballot, claims of electoral fraud and political violence, many from reporters on the ground. Also available are some eye witness accounts. The site links to profiles of the main candidates and a timeline of recent events in Afghan political history.

 

Afghan elections 2009: milestone for progress or mirror of malaise?

http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/Noref_AfghanElections2009_Progress

This site provides free access to a briefing paper by Robert Matthews which was published by the Norwegian Peace building Centre in September 2009, it summarises the issues relating to the disputed presidential elections in Afghanistan in 2009. Topics covered include political violence and political fraud in Afghanistan and women's political participation.

Afghanistan: politics, elections, and government performance

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21922.pdf

This site provides free access to a Congressional Research Service report which was published in October 2009. The 29 page report (intended for members of the American Congress) assesses the political landscape of Afghanistan and issues arising from the 2009 disputed presidential elections. It includes discussion of the problems in regard to the 2009 elections, its results and possible impact for the USA.

 

Libya: Guardian newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/libya

This site is maintained by the Guardian newspaper. It provides free access to newspaper stories, comment and analysis about Libya from Guardian journalists. This includes blog postings, photographs, film and audio clips of significant interviews. Topics covered include international security, terrorism and Libya; the Lockerbie case and controversy surrounding the conviction and appeal of alleged suspect Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and the rule and politics of Colonel Gaddafi. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

Libya : Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/libya

This site is maintained by leading human rights group Amnesty International. It provides free access to its statements, press releases and full text reports about human rights in Libya. This includes coverage of human rights violations and repression under the rule of Colonel Gaddafi and the state of democracy in general. Publications from approximately 1970 onwards are available.

Libya: Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/libya

This site is maintained by leading human rights think tank Human Rights Watch. This section provides free access to its press releases, statements and reports relating to Libya. Topics covered include human rights under the rule of Colonel Gaddafi, the treatment of refugees, and issues relating to Libya, the war against terrorism and the Lockerbie bombing case. Materials from approximately 2002 onwards are accessible.

Afghan presidential elections: a mirror of self-deception
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/pdf/SA004.pdf

This site provides free access to a briefing by Antonio Giustozzi which was published as an LSE IDEAS report in 2009. The 2 page document offers an immediate summary of the conduct of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections and its potential impact.

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Afghanistan elections 2009: BBC

This site was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections. In addition to news stories and comment from BBC journalists. It also offers free access to background profiles of the candidates, the political situation in Afghanistan and the issues at stake. Other features include film clips from the election and BBC news programmes and comment from the electorate. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8205787.stm

 

Fair and Free Elections Foundation Afghanistan

The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan is an independent and umbrella organization which has been established by a number of Afghan civil society organizations to ensure free democratic elections in Afghanistan. Its website provides information on its aims, membership and activities. It includes press releases and some full text reports. These include assessments of the state of democracy, extent of political corruption and conduct of parliamentary and presidential elections. From Intute.ac.uk

http://fefa.org.af/index.php

 

 

Afghanistan and region: Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination

The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination is based at Princeton University. It is a specialist research body which explores issues relating to self-determination (including nationalism, demands for independence and political movements for autonomy ) in order to reduce violence. This section provides information on research about the Afghanistan region. It provides free access to information about the work of the institute and its full text publications. Topics covered include security and the rule of law in Afghanistan, the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the fight against terrorism, the international community and relations with Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Analysts Network

The Afghanistan Analysts Network is an independent policy research organisation which specialises in researching security, politics and economic and social developments in Afghanistan. It was launched in 2009 and comprises a small team of researchers with an international advisory board. The website provides free access to information about the aims and activities of the body. It includes press releases, blogs maintained by staff members and full text research reports. Topics covered by these include international security, the security situation in Afghanistan and the 2009 Afghanistan presidential elections.

Afghanistan: Human Security gateway

The Human Security Gateway is a joint project of the Human Security Centre (HSC) Group and Simon Fraser University It aims to provide researchers with a searchable database of links to key websites, full-text reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets relating to human security worldwide. Human security is defined as the protection of individuals from wars, civil wars and violence. It website enables users to search or browse by country or topic. Each resource has an added description of content. The section on Afghanistan includes coverage of international security, the war against terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and political violence in the region. Other topics covered include the state of democracy, elections and presidential elections.

Af-Pak Channel

The Af-Pak Channel is a special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation. It was created to monitor issues relating to international security and terrorism in the Pakistan, Afghanistan region. The website includes daily news briefs, twitter postings, blogs, photo essays, articles and comment from Foreign Policy journalists. Topics covered include the Afghanistan presidential elections of 2009, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and jihad political violence and terrorism in the region. The implications for US foreign policy are also discussed. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

Elections 2009:  United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Flickr

This is an interesting use of web 2.0 social networking site Flickr by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. It provides free access to over 500 UN photographs relating to the 2009 provincial council and presidential elections in Afghanistan. They include scenes from UN organised debates and civic education programmes as well as scenes from the campaigns and polling. Descriptions and copyright information is provided.

Law, order and elections in Afghanistan : NATO Review

This site provides free access to a collection of articles about the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan which were published in NATO Review. They discuss the issues at stake in the run up to the polling and the implications for international security and the rule of law in the region.

Afghan women and the elections 2009

This site was created by United Nations organisation UNIFEM to provide coverage of the role and participation of women in the 2009 Afghan presidential elections. It includes some press releases, news stories, statistics and statements on women presidential candidates and women voters.

Afghanistan's elections 2009: Washington Post

This site provides free access to coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections from the Washington Post newspaper. It includes news stories, comment and analysis from journalists as well as background guides to the electoral system, candidates and importance of the elections for security in the region. Other features of the site include galleries of photographs and interactive maps of the electoral districts and scenes of political violence. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

Afghanistan elections: guns and money

This site provides free access to the full text of a report published in 2009 by the International Council on Security and Development, an international policy think tank working to combine grassroots research with policy innovations. It provides assessment of the state of democracy in Afghanistan in the run up to the 2009 presidential elections. It includes some results from field research on the hopes and fears Afghan people had about the elections.

Middle East elections 2009: Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq

This site provides free access to the full text of a 15 page report by Casey L. Addis analyst and Kenneth Katzman which was published as Congressional Research Service report R40586 in early 2009. It provides an overview of 2009 parliamentary and presidential elections in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan discussing their implications for international security and American foreign policy.

Afghanistan elections 2009: Al Jazeera

Free access to a collection of news stories covering the 2009 Afghan presidential elections from the English language version of Al-Jazeera. They include coverage of the candidates, conduct of the elections and state of democracy in the region from an Arabic perspective. Also accessible are video reports from the campaign trial and phootgraphic images. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

Afghanistan elections 2009: FT

This site was created by the Financial Times to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghanistan presidential elections. It offers free access to some articles from the newspaper. These cover news stories and offer analysis of the conduct of elections, the state of democracy in Afghanistan and their impact. Also provided are background facts on the electoral system and profiles of the main candidates.

UNDP/ELECT Afganistan elections project

This site is maintained by UNDP working in association with United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). It provides access to information about the way in which international organisations (including the United Nations) have supported elections and democratization in Afghanistan since 2004/5. The website includes background information on the aims of the project, its organisation and activities. It includes reports on campaigns and programmes during parliamentary and presidential elections. These include facts about the Afghan electoral system, as well as examples of civic education campaign materials.

This site provides free access to the full text of the report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee which was published as HC 302 session 2008-9 in August 2009. The 321 page report analyses the security situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan and UK foreign policy towards the region, making critical comment and suggestions for future reform. Topics covered include the role of the international community, the UK mission to Afghanistan; American foreign policy since the election of the new president in 2009 and the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The report also contains a report of the findings of a Foreign Policy Committee visit to the region in April-May 2009.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmfaff/302/302.pdf

From Intute.ac.uk

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have issued a new report on Arbitrary Detention in Afghanistan (links to Volume 1 and Volume 2). The report finds that Afghans are often detained without lawful reason and recommends a range of changes to laws and procedures of the criminal justice system in the country.

From UN Pulse

BBC, ABC News of America and ARD Afghanistan poll 2009
This site provides free access to the results of a poll conducted by the Afghan Centre for Social and Opinion Research in Kabul with 1,534 Afghans between December 30 2008 and January 12 2009. The poll was commissioned by the BBC, ABC News of America and ARD of Germany and published on the BBC website in February 2009. It presents insight into the people of Afghanistan's levels of confidence / approval in the government, viewpoints towards security dangers facing the nation, and experiences of daily life/ living conditions. Some materials discuss issues related to the Taliban, terrorism and security in Afghanistan. From Intute.ac.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7872353.stm

Afghanistan Analyst: an online resource for researching Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Analyst website is maintained by Christian Bleuer, a PhD student at The Australian National University's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, The Middle East and Central Asia. It provides free access to an excellent directory of links (plus some full text ) information about the economy, politics and society of Afghanistan. The main focus is upon security, conflict, ethnicity and international relations in the region. Links include news resources, blogs, maps, organisations and research bodies. Other features of the site include The Afghanistan Bibliography which indexes book chapters, articles and reports dealing with Afghanistan (most offered in English language - although there is also some coverage of French and German resources). There is also a growing collection of links to online theses and dissertations covering Afghanistan. These include examples of masters and doctoral dissertations worldwide. Some are in full text. From Intute.ac.uk
http://afghanistan-analyst.org/default.aspx

Chronic Failures in the War on Terror - From Afghanistan to Somalia
The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS), formerly known as The Senlis Council is an international think tank known for its work in Afghanistan and other conflict zones. It is a project of the Network of European Foundations' Mercator Fund. This site provides free access to the full text of its report published in May 2008.ISBN0-9555008-4-2. The 81 page report compares and contrasts insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia. It then considers American foreign policy toards the regions and possible future trends. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/publications/chronic_failures_war_terror

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/

After the fall of the Taliban, a number of political experts and scholars discussed a scenario in which the Taliban and elements of Al Qaeda would set up command centers in nearby Pakistan. This episode of Frontline takes a very close look into that situation, and visitors can watch the program in its entirety here. The site also offers up a number of other features, including a detailed map of the region profiled in the film and interviews with former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage and author Barnett Rubin. In "The Region's New Fighters", visitors can read transcripts of interviews with top Taliban lieutenants such as Haji Omar and Jalaluddin Haqqani. Visitors are also welcome to offer their own comments on the program in the "Join the Discussion" area of the site. [KMG] Scout Report

A Review of the FBI’s Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq

By Shirl Kennedy on Terrorism

A Review of the FBI’s Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq (PDF; 6.1 MB) Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General Our report found that after FBI agents in GTMO and other military zones were confronted with interrogators from other agencies who used more aggressive interrogation techniques [...]

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Human Rights Council - 7th special session on food crisis

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR has announced that Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices", on Friday, 23 May. As of 9 May 2008 this 7th special session was requested by a group of 41 Council Members and 41 non Members.
Related UN Pulse entries: World Food Crisis; World Food Situation Portal; Food Prices and the Rural Poor; Food - Who Pays the Price?. 

From: UN Pulse Permanent Link: Human Rights Council - 7th special session on food crisis

The World Population Policies 2007 provides a summary overview of population policies and dynamics for each of the United Nations Member and non-member States for which data are available at mid-decade for the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and for 2007. It shows, on a country-by-country basis, the evolution of Government views and policies from 1976 to 2007 with respect to population size and growth, population age structure, fertility and family planning, health and mortality, spatial distribution and international migration. Learn how you can purchase, download and/or purchase the CD-ROM from the website.  UN Pulse
Permanent Link: World Population Policies 2007

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Relationship between the UN and the African Union

 The Secretary-General recently issued a Report on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security (S/2008/186). Issued in response to the Security Council presidential statement of 28 March 2007 (S/PRST/2007/7), the report considered the important issues that define the nature of collaborative partnership in international peace and security between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular, the African Union and the division of responsibilities between them under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.Permanent Link: Relationship between the UN and the African UnionUN Pulse 

 

Food – Who pays the price?

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), six international panellists … consider the future of global food production in the BBC World debate “Food – Who Pays the Price?”. Learn more on the IFAD website.Permanent Link: Food – Who Pays the Price? UN Pulse  

 

 

10 Stories, 2007

 The UN Department of Public Information has launched a list of ten stories that unfolded in the course of 2007 that the world may wish to hear more about. The list includes:

• Northern Uganda: Major steps towards peace in a decades-old conflict
• The Excluded: The hidden world of the stateless
• Extreme weather events are part of a “new normal” trend
• The suffering of the girl soldier
• At a fragile crossroads: Afghanistan and the international community must pull together
• A deadly disease no more – advances in malaria prevention and treatment
• Promotion and protection of human rights: The role of special procedures of the Human Rights Council
• Policing for peace: The law-and-order role played by blue berets
• Southern Sudan: A path to ‘indivisible peace’ in the country
• Bird flu pushed back – but threat of a human pandemic remains

  

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report on Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world (full text, pdf, 2.48 MB). The report is based on data collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90 000 TB patients in 81 countries. It found that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a virtually untreatable form of the respiratory disease, has been recorded in 45 countries. Read more on the Global Response Plan (full-text, pdf, 493kb) to address the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Permanent Link: Drug-resistant tuberculosis UN Pulse

UC-Berkeley’s 2008 Election Experts.

Tariq Ali This is the official homepage of Taiq Ali, renown socialist political campaigner and historian. It provides free access to a selection of his articles, book reviews and audio interviews. These include materials published in the New Left Review as well as extracts from many of his major book titles. Topics covered include the future direction of socialism, politics and Islam, commentary on political events in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
http://www.tariqali.org/

From Intute.ac.uk 

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2007/pakistan/

Description:
Collection of features, views, and analysis about the political situation in Pakistan, including General Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule in November 2007 and the December 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Includes a timeline about Pakistani politics back to 1988 when Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as prime minister, background about individuals involved (such as Musharraf, Bhutto, and former prime minister Nawaz Sarif), the militant threat, and the diplomatic options. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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South Asia Analysis Group The South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) is an independent think tank which specialises in research relating to regional security in South Asia. Key areas of concern include the foreign and security policy of India and Pakistan, nuclear weapons crises, conflict in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq and the fight against terrorism. The web site provides information on the purpose of the group and its current activities. It includes access to many of its full text papers and articles.
http://www.saag.org

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Windfalls of war: US contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq This site is a special project of the Center for Public Integrity a non-profit independent research organisation which examines integrity in American public life. Since 2003 it has been monitoring the role of American companies and contractors in Iraq and afghanistan. The website provides free access to statistical data and information about the value and nature of business contracts awarded to US companies in these regions. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/

http://www.ifc.org/

As a part of the World Bank, the stated vision of the International Finance Group (IFC) is "that poor people have the opportunity to escape poverty and to improve their lives." To whit, the IFC works to promote open and competitive markets in developing countries, generate productive jobs and deliver basic services, among other things. First-time visitors will find that the layout of the site is visually stimulating and quite user-friendly. Visitors can look over some of the "Key Links" which include sections such as "How to Apply For Financing", and their "Sustainability Web Portal". A good way to get a sense of the IFC's projects is to look at the featured publications in the "Resources From IFC". Here visitors will find reports on addressing gender inequalities and creative effective business linkages in various developing countries. Finally, visitors can also use the embedded search engine to look for specific materials of interest and also take a look through the "What's New" area for recent additions to the site. [KMG] Scout Report

Threat to peace BurmaThis is the website of a campaign sponsored by ALTSEAN-Burma on behalf of a global network of concerned individuals, activists and organizations who support human rights and democracy in Burma. It contains news reports about the human rights situation on Burma and abuses committed against campaigners such as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The site includes the full text of the report "Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma” which was commissioned by Vacláv Havel, former President of the Czech Republic, and Desmond Tutu and produced by DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.
http://www.unscburma.org

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC)The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) is an international grouping of legislators from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Cambodia who are campaigning for human rights reforms in Burma/ Myanmar. The website provides free access to press releases, briefing papers and resolutions relating to Burma. They include indictments of the Burmese military government, and coverage of abuses committed against pro-demcoracy campaigners such as Aung San Suu Kyi. Materials date from 2004 onwards.
http://www.aseanmp.org/

From Intute.ac.uk

The Human Rights Council report to the 62nd session of the General Assembly (A/62/53) has been released. The report contains resolutions and decisions adopted by the Council from 18 September 2006 to 22 June 2007, covering its second to fifth sessions, its first organizational session and third and fourth special sessions. UN Pulse  Permanent Link: Human Rights Council Report

Peace Operations Monitor is a project of the Peace Operations Working Group (POWG), a working group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC). It paims to provide an independent source of information about current United nations and other non-UN peacekeeping missions and forces worldwide. At present it is covering three main regions Afghanistan, Sudan (Darfur) and Haiti, although other materials may be added. Each country entry includes details about the mandate of the mission, its deployment and links to news and full text reports analysing it from a variety of sources. These include the United nations and other relief agencies and human rights groups. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.pom.peacebuild.ca/

Majority of Afghans are hopeful for their future, despite increasing insecurity and slow pace of economic development (PDF; 90 KB)
Source: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (via UN Pulse)

Reforming Afghanistan's Police (PDF; 749 KB)
Source: International Crisis Group

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Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan II

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHCR) in partnership with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan II (full text (878 KB)). According to the report, many Afghan refugees upon returning home find themselves unable to find employment, education, adequate health care and affordable and secure housing.
Related reports. UN Pulse September 5th, 2007

Permanent Link: Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan II

Iran nuclear watch

West Bank/ Gaza Strip IRI resources

Pakistan: IRI resources

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ACLU Obtains New Details of Possible "Cover-Up" of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
Source: American Civil Liberties Union

Pakistan: "The Taliban's Godfather"? - Documents Detail Years of Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists
Source: U.S. National Security Archive

Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat (PDF; 2.11 MB)
Source: The New York City Police Department

[CW's Comment: This report has received considerable criticism in the U.S.]

Iran's Revoltionary Guards, the Al Quds Force, and Other Intelligence and Paramilitary Forces
Source: [U.S.] Center for Strategic & International Studies

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New Research Paper: The Taliban's propaganda activities
19 pages; PDF.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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Opening the door: women leaders and constitution-building in Iraq and Afghanistan
This site provides free access to the author's manuscript of a chapter published in Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change / Barbara Kellerman (Editor), Deborah L. Rhode (Editor) ISBN: 978-0-7879-8833-3. Jossey Bass 2007.

Taking stock: Afghan women and girls five years
Womankind Worldwide

The report finds that women's right had not improved five years after the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan...

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The Evaluation of UNDP Assistance to Conflict-Affected Countries report assesses the performance of UNDP assistance to conflict-affected countries since 2000 (full-report). This report is based on detailed case studies of six Security Council-mandated countries (Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Haiti, Sierra Leone and Tajikistan).

Permanent Link: UNDP assistance to conflict-affected countries

UN Pulse

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ACLU Releases Files on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq
Source: American Civil Liberties Union (More)

This March 2007 Congressional Research Service report examines war costs since Sept. 11, 2001, covering funding for specific operations and agencies, trends and future costs, war cost issues (such as gaps and discrepancies), and related topics. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Note: "The Congressional Research Service does not make its publications directly available online."
URL: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23598

State Building, Political Progress, and Human Security in Afghanistan: Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People (PDF; 44 MB)
Source: The Asia Foundation (More)