Guides and Directories

Afghan Network - Includes information about Afghanistan. News, music, history, culture, flags, maps, biographies, recipes, photography, poetry, and student discussion board.
www.afghan-network.net/

Afghana - Directory with sites and information about Afghanistan. Includes chat, forum and a journal.
afghana.com

Afghanistan Online - News, economy, culture, geography, politics, sports, photo gallery, recipes, plants, animals, and flags.
www.afghan-web.com

Afghanistan Research Group - Offers articles on the country, reports and other publications for download, external links and information on the Afghanistan Research Group (ARG / ARA).
bglatzer.de/arg/

BBC News - Country Profile: Afghanistan - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1162668.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Afghanistan - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
http://tylerschnaidt.com/blocked/nph-index.pl/010110A/https/www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html

CIC Cultural Profile Project: Afghanistan - Overview of Afghan life includes landscape and climate, family life, work, recreation, arts and literature, history and education. Funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
www.cp-pc.ca/english/afghanistan/

EurasiaNet's Afghanistan Resource Page - Links to political, economic, environmental and social web-sites related to Afghanistan.
www.eurasianet.org/resource/afghanistan/

Geographic.org - Afghanistan - Information from the current version of the CIA Factbook and the US Library of Congress Country Studies, along with national rankings and photos.
www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/afghanistan/index.html

Institute for Afghan Studies - Offering coverage of the countries situation, including selected news and documents, a weekly commentary, resources on social, economic, political and other issues of critical importance, an Afghan bibliography, book reviews, mailing list and chat.
institute-for-afghan-studies.org/

NationMaster - Afghanistan - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
www.nationmaster.com/country/af-afghanistan

Safis Web - Offers news clippings, articles, information on the country and its people and discussion forum. The entertainment section contains audio and video material, a photo gallery, e-cards and biographies of poets.
www.zmong-afghanistan.com/afghan.asp

SouthAsia.net - Afghanistan - Deals with the Afghani culture, people, politics, net links, and history.
www.southasia.net/Afghanistan/

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Afghanistan - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/asia-oceania/afghanistan

University of Colorado - GovPubs: Afghanistan - Links to resources from the country's own government, the United States, the United Nations and international sources.
ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/afghanistan.htm

US Department of State - Afghanistan - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, Country Study, the US embassy and the current ambassador, USAID page, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Industry Market Reports.
www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Afghanistan - Annotated directory of selected online resources.
www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/afghanistan/afghanistan.html

Wikipedia - Afghanistan - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan

WorldSwitch.com - Afghanistan - Directory of links about Afghanistan, by category.
www.worldswitch.com/Countries/Afghanistan/index.htm