OA Newspaper: كاروان = Kārawān = Caravan (1968-1973)

Kārawān was published by Sạbahuddin̄ Kushkaki in Kabul City, Afghanistan beginning on September 24, 1968. The newspaper’s name is Caravan when transliterated into English. The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection in UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections has scattered issues from volumes 2-12. Funding for the digitization and online access to issues of Kārawān was provided by the generous support of Fran and Will Irwin.

Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog record, or other description created by library employees, please contact Archives and Special Collections to bring this to our attention. Archives & Special Collections is guided by the core values of the Society of American Archivists. If you have questions about this statement or about Archives and Special Collections’ work, we welcome your feedback. Please contact us at unoasc@unomaha.edu or 402-554-6046. 

Link: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/karawan/. 

Open Access archive: Taliban Sources Repository

The Taliban Sources Project (TSP) is one of few Taliban documentation projects in existence and is the only collection to include the cultural, social, and legal output for the years 1979-2011.

The TSP has transformed a large private collection of Taliban documents into an enduring and usable intellectual resource for scholars of Afghanistan, Taliban and Asian history.

Compiled between 2006 and 2011 by researchers based in southern Afghanistan, the TSP collection is one of only a few such private documentation projects in existence, and is the only collection to include Taliban’s cultural, social and legal output for the years 1979-2011.

Original documents and English translations

Researchers can now search and view English translations as well as the original Pashto, Dari and (in some cases) Arabic. The material includes:

Full runs of dozens of official newspapers and magazines
Works of poetry
Maps
Night letters
Press releases
Transcripts of radio broadcasts
Memoirs
Government publications
Government publications include the Taliban’s own foreign press monitor and multiple volumes of Taliban laws and edicts.

Background

The TSP was initially started by Thesigers, which processed and translated the materials presented on this website over a two-year period (2013-2015), in order to ensure the survival and public accessibility of this unique corpus of primary sources.

The Taliban Sources Project (TSP) was launched online in 2020 by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) in cooperation with the University of Oslo.

Access

The TSP is a non-profit venture and access to the collection is free of charge. Please sign up in order to access the materials.

Quoting

If you use any of the material in the collection, please include a reference to the Taliban Sources Project at FFI/UiO.

Example:

Mohammad Omar, “Eulogy of Martyr of the Islamic Umma Mujahed Abu Mosaab Zarqawi,” 1 June 2006, Al-Somood 1, no. 1 (June 2006), accessed via Taliban Sources Project at FFI/UiO, https://tsp.hf.uio.no.

Contact

If you have questions or feedback regarding the TSP, please send us a mail at tsp-contact@ikos.uio.no.

Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI)

PO Box 25

N-2027 Kjeller

Norway

Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS)

University of Oslo

The Faculty of Humanities

PO Box 1010 Blindern

N-0315 Oslo

Norway

Link: https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/taliban-sources-repository/

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2020 - 14th Edition

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2020
Published by: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Date: 2020
Pages: 234

"The A to Z Guide is AREU's flagship publication, and has been published since the establishment of the organisation in 2002. This 2020 edition is both an acknowledgment of the Guide’s continuity and the efforts of the domestic actors and the international community that have sustained their contributions to the development of Afghanistan and their commitment to its people. The Guide, in many ways, captures what has changed and persisted in terms of actors, priorities, and the political landscape that together have profoundly changed Afghanistan over the past 18 years. Because of the current lockdown and in order to support the civil society, AREU decided to make the 14th edition of the A to Z Guide to Assistance in Afghanistan available for free on its website."

Atlas Afghanistan

Title: Atlas Afghanistan
Authors: Wolfgang Taucher - Mathias Vogl - Peter Webinger
Publisher: Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Date: 2018
75 pages, maps.

ISBN: 9783903109100

Contents:

Regional overview 6
Topography8
Physiography 10
Satellite images
Kabul  12
Herat 14
Kandahar 16
Mazar-e Sharif 18
Jalalabad  20
Groups
Ethnic groups 22
Religious groups 24
Oil and gas fields
Oil and gas fields 26
Security Situation
Security situation Provinces  28
Security situation Districts  30
Sources  75

Open Access Report: Afghanistan in 2016: A Survey of the Afghan People

Afghanistan in 2016: A Survey of the Afghan People

Publisher: The Asia Foundation, 2016
275 pages

"The national mood in Afghanistan is at a record low, and Afghans are pessimistic because of insecurity, corruption, and rising unemployment and slow job growth. At the same time, more Afghans, particularly rural Afghan men, now support women’s right to vote and women’s right to work outside the home than ever before. The 2016 Survey of the Afghan People polled 12,658 Afghan respondents from 16 ethnic groups across all 34 provinces, including insecure and physically challenging environments. The annual survey is the longest-running and broadest nationwide survey of Afghan attitudes and opinions. Since 2004, the Survey has gathered the opinions of more than 87,000 Afghan men and women, providing a unique longitudinal portrait of evolving public perceptions of security, the economy, governance and government services, elections, media, women’s issues, and migration."

A to Z Guide to Assistance in Afghanistan - 2015

The A to Z Guide to Assistance in Afghanistan - 2015

"The guide provide an extensive glossary of assistance terms, an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government, key primary documents, and an extensive contact directory that includes government agencies, NGOs, donors and international actors."

Language: English  
No. of Pages: 252
See also recent AREU publications.

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2014-Twelfth Edition

 
A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2014-Twelfth Edition

"The twelfth edition of the A to Z Guide is now available. The guide provides an extensive glossary of assistance terms, an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government, key primary documents, and an extensive contact directory that includes government agencies, NGOs, donors and international actors." Language: English  

No. of Pages: 254

See also recent AREU publications.

Open Access E-Magazine: The Afghanistan Express

The Afghanistan Express 

"The Afghanistan Express is an independent, democratic and progressive daily newspaper in Kabul, Afghanistan" 

 

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People

Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People

"Findings from The Asia Foundation's seventh survey in Afghanistan - the broadest public opinion poll in the country of 6,348 Afghan citizens across all 34 provinces."

Open Access Report: The US Cost of the Afghan War: FY2002-FY2013

The US Cost of the Afghan War: FY2002-FY2013 - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Report

"It is surprisingly difficult to get a meaningful estimate of the total cost of the Afghan conflict, total spending on Afghan forces and total spending on various forms of aid.  More data are available on US efforts – which have dominated military and aid spending, but even these data present serious problems in reliability, consistency, and definition. Moreover, it is only since FY2012 that the US provided an integrated  request for funding for the war as part of its annual budget request.  The data for the period before FY2009 are accurate pictures of the Department of Defense request, but there is only a CRS estimate of total spending the previous years. This report addresses the cost to the US of the Afghan War from FY2000-FY2013. It provides estimates of total cost, cost to the Department of Defense, and aid costs to State, USAID, and other federal agencies. It also reports on the total cost of  international aid when this takes the form of integrated aid to Afghan development and Afghan forces – a fraction of total aid spending. No reliable estimate exists of total international aid to Afghanistan, since so much of this aid has been direct and  has not passed through the Afghan Central government."

Afghanistan Digital Library - UPDATE

Afghanistan Digital Library project at New York University has reached 500 items.

Background information about the project can be found at:
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/about.html

Among newly digitized items - published between 1898 and 1950s -  there are textbooks, treaties and legislation as well as several translations.

Of particular interest are :
Map of Afghanistan issued in 1898. Also known as Proclamation of Amir Abd al-Rahman Khan. It has been digitized from a rare original copy held at Bobst Library at New York University.
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0988/

Kulliyat-i Riyazi - historical study of Afghanistan and Iran during the 19th century by Muhammad Yusuf Riyazi Haravi. This book is made available in collaboration with Princeton University Library.
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1214/

Other titles :

Khadamāt-i safarīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0348/

Khulāṣah-ʼi tārīkh-i anbiyā : juzv-i prūgrām-i ṣinf-i panjum
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0360/

Tārīkh-i Islāmīyah : barā-yi ṣinf-i chaharum-i ibtidāʼī, bi-qarār-i prūgrām-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0414/

Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi jazā-yi ʻumūmī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0537/

Kitābchah-i qānūn kārʹguzārī ḥukkām
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0609/

Jughrāfī̄yā-yi ʻumūmī-yi ibtidāʼi barā-yi shāgirdān-i makātib-i rashdiyah-ʼi ʻaskarīya-ʼi Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0610/

Avval kitāb-i Afghānī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0611/

Prūgrām-i taʻlīmī-i makātib-i ibtidāʼi-yi muṣavibah-ʼi Anjuman-i Maʻārif
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0627/

Tamassuk al-quz̤āt al-Amānīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0317/

Risālah-ʼi nājiyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0614/

Prūghrām-i Dār al-Muʻallimīn va Dār al-Muʻallimāt
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0626/

Muʻāhadah-ʼi mavaddat bayn-i Ḥukūmat-i Shāhī-i Afghānistān va Ḥukūmat-i Jumhūrīyah-ʼi Lībiriah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0628/

Vaẓāʼif-i mudīrān makātib markaz va vilāyāt va muʻāwinān va māmūrān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0629/

Lāyiḥah-ʼi taraqqiyāt-i ʻamadah-ʼi chahārʹsalah-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0630/

Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi maḥṣūl-i māl mawāshī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0824/

Adabīyāt : ṣinf-i sivvum-i Rushdīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1164/

Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn Afghān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1170/

Bagrām
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1171/

Āryānā
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1173/

Armaghān-i Maymanah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1176/

Ṣūratgarān va khūshnivīsān-i Harāt dar ʻaṣr-i Taymūriyān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1177/

Shabkhūn-i Afghān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1178/

Akbarʹnāmah : as̲ar-i manz̤ūm-i Ḥamīd Kashmīrī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1179/

Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān va Khaṭṭ-i Dīyūrand
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1180/

Khvush āmadīd bih Kābul
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1181/

Tārīkh-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1182/

Navā-yi maʻārik
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1183/

Pardahʹnashīnān-i sukhangūy
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1184/

Lashkargāh : muṭālaʻāt-i tārīkhī, ʼadabī, hunarī, bāstānʹshināsī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1187/

20000 farsakh siyāḥat dar zīr-i baḥr
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0154/

Open Access Journal: AKTC Afghanistan Newsletter

AKTC Afghanistan Newsletter

Newsletters Documenting the Progress of Cultural Revitalisation Projects in Kabul and Herat
These newsletters document the progress of the revitalisation projects of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which began the rehabilitation of Bagh-e-Babur, a walled and terraced garden containing the tomb of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, in 2002. The programme has expanded to include the 19th-century mausoleum in central Kabul over the grave of Timur Shah and a great number of homes, mosques and other structures in the war-damaged quarters of Asheqan wa Arefan, Chindawol and Kuche Kharabat. In Herat, in western Afghanistan, a range of documentation, conservation and upgrading works has also been carried out since 2005 in surviving historic sections of the old city.

October 2011 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May 2011 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January / February 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January / February 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September/October 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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August 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Project Brief on Afghanistan
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January / February 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Urban Conservation and Area Development in Afghanistan
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August 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Barbur's Garden Rehabilitation Framework
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Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

New publications from Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

Thirty years of conflict : drivers of anti-government mobilisation in Afghanistan, 1978-2011 by Antonio Giustozzi with Niamatullah Ibrahimi, (2012)

"A new paper by Dr Antonio Giustozzi traces structural factors driving anti-government mobilisation in Afghanistan in each successive phase of the country’s thirty years of conflicts. Drawing on extensive literature from both international and Afghan sources, it analyses the social and political forces behind the ideological war of the 1980s, the factional conflict of the 1990s, and the current insurgency. In doing so, it explores how such an extended period of warfare has fundamentally reshaped Afghan society, spurring changes which have in their turn altered why the conflict is fought. The study also devotes specific focus to examining the Taliban as an example of a political organisation enabling and driving conflict. Starting with the origins of the Taliban insurgency, it goes on to explore what is known about its ability to mobilise communities and the kind of non-military, tacit support it receives from them. It also looks at the role played by different groups of individuals such as mullahs, madrassa students and young people, and the economic and funding dimensions of the movement.

Healing the Legacies of Conflict in Afghanistan: Community Voices on Justice, Peace and Reconciliation

This paper synthesises the findings from AREU's Legacies of Conflect research project from across the Bamiyan, Ghazni an... Read More

• January 2012
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Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning.

Open Access Journal: ACKU bulletin.

ACKU bulletin.

Publisher: Kabul : Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University, 2006-
Frequency: Monthly

"The ACKU Monthly Bulletin is posted each month. It lists new acquisitions by sector. It also contains an archive section with early documents going back to the 1930s. Each entry includes complete information on the documents according to the US Library of Congress Classification number used in the online catalogue."

Bulletins for the Year 2011

• December
• November
• October
• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
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• March
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  Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies
  

Fyke Collection of Afghan War Rugs

Fyke Collection of Afghan War Rugs

"The peoples of Afghanistan have a rich and distinguished textile history. The Baluch and the Turkman, the Tajik and the Hazara, are among the tribal groups that produce embroideries, felts and knotted pile woven textiles that reflect their identities, beliefs, and ways of life. The Baluch, for example, were nomadic herders whose belongings needed to be portable. They are known in the West as the producers of deeply coloured pile carpets of unprecedented lushness. Made entirely by hand, pile carpets were prized possessions that served as bedding or seating and could be easily rolled up for transport.

With the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 a new genre of rug emerged. Baluch weavers in the vicinity of Herat, the site of intense resistance to the Soviet-backed regime, began incorporating new motifs into their carpets. Geometric medallions were replaced with guns, tanks, helicopters and jets, inspired by the Soviet armaments that undoubtedly confronted them in the streets..."

Recent publications from Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning.

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Counter-narcotics efforts and their effects in Nangarhar and Helmand in the 2010-11 growing season

This paper contrasts the socio-economic and political developments that have taken place in the opium growing provinces ... Read More

• October 2011
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Rethinking Rural Poverty Reduction in Afghanistan

This policy note draws on the findings of AREU's Afghanistan Livelihood Trajectories project. It calls for a re-examinat... Read More

• October 2011
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Legacies of Conflict: Healing Complexes and Moving Forwards in Ghazni Province

The third written in the series, this paper presents findings from an urban area of Ghazni City and a rural community in... Read More

• October 2011
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Legacies of Conflict: Healing Complexes and Moving Forwards in Bamiyan Province

The second written in the series, this paper presents findings from an urban area of Bamiyan City and a rural community ... Read More

• October 2011
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Open Access Report: Local Governance in Afghanistan: A View from the Ground

Local Governance in Afghanistan: A View from the Ground

New report from Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU).
Author: Douglas Saltmarshe, Abhilash Medhi
June 2011.

This report finds that insufficient attention has been given to local governance in Afghanistan, despite the fact that most Afghan citizens encounter the state in provinces and districts. This neglect is inhibiting the significant efforts made in Kabul from having much impact on the ground.

The research was undertaken over a 14 month period finishing in December 2010. It took place in 47 districts of Samangan, Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul, Laghman, Wardak and Day Kundi Provinces, with additional time spent in two districts of Helmand. Key findings are presented under the following themes: Local Government Administration, Security and Justice, Service Delivery, and Representation.

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning.
See other AREU publications.

Open Access Journal: A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2011

A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2011 - Ninth Edition
Published by Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

The ninth edition of AREU’s flagship publication: a guide to the terms, structures, mechanisms, and coordinating bodies critical to the Afghanistan relief effort, plus an extensive contacts directory. This edition also contains a special Elections 2009-10 section.

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul.

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Open Access Journal: Afghanistan Research Newsletter

Afghanistan Research Newsletter

Author: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit.
Publisher: [Kabul, Afghanistan] : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit,
Date: 2004-

This is the April/May 2011 edition of the Afghanistan Research Newsletter. The purpose of the Newsletter is to alert readers to new research being undertaken on Afghanistan and to help disseminate research findings and analysis.

This edition features an obituary of Carla Grissman, whose decades of work at the Kabul Museum and tireless advocacy made a major contribution to safeguarding Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage.

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Afghanistan Analyst : An Online Resource for Researching Afghanistan

Afghanistan Analyst

The goal of The Afghanistan Analyst is to provide an online research portal for scholars, students, journalists, policy-makers, NGO/humanitarian workers, members of the armed forces and others who want to better understand Afghanistan.

Publication: Afghanistan Analyst Bibliography (5th edition, 2010)