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Constitution
- Afghanistan Ministry of Justice (external link) - includes 10 Constitutions from 1923 to 2004
- Afghanistan Embassy: Constitution of Afghanistan in English (external link) includes links in PDF to both the Pashtu/Dari constitution and an English translation
- History: Constitutions of the Past (external link) (Afghanistan Online) constitutions of 1923, 1963, 1976, 1987, and 1990; in English
- International Constitutional Law: Afghanistan (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) includes an unofficial translation of the 2004 constitution
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
Executive
- Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)
- World Factbook: Afghanistan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- United States Central Command (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: The constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts; from World Factbook: Afghanistan - Government (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Afghanistan Ministry of Justice (external link)
- Afghanistan Legal Education Project: Judicial Opinions (external link) in Dari
Legislative
- GAZETTE: Rasmi Jaridh (external link) (Afghanistan Ministry of Justice)
- PARLIAMENT: National Assembly (external link) [Grand Assembly]; non-functioning
- NATLEX: Afghanistan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides and Miscellaneous
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Afghanistan, Islamic State of (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Afghanistan (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Afghanistan Law Guide (external link) (University of Michigan Law Library) PDF
- Afghanistan Legal Education Project: Publications (external link) includes four textbooks
- Finding the Law: Islamic Law / Sharia (external link) (LLRX)
- FindLaw: Afghanistan (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Afghanistan (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Update: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Legal System and Research (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Afghanistan (external link) (WorldLII)
General Sources
- Country Profile: Afghanistan (Library of Congress) August 2008; PDF
- Country Study: Afghanistan (Library of Congress) 1997
- Places in the News: Afghanistan (Library of Congress)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Afghanistan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Afghanistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Afghanistan (U.S. Dept of State)
- Country Profile: Afghanistan (external link) (BBC News)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Afghanistan (U.S. Dept of State)
- Country Study: Afghanistan (external link) (American University Foreign Area Studies, via Illinois Institute of Technology) January 1986
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations with Afghanistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- FAO Country Profiles: Afghanistan (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington (external link)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Afghanistan (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Afghanistan (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Afghanistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Afghanistan (external link) (Columbia University)
- NEWS: Afghan News Channel (external link); Al Jazira (external link); BBC Pashto (external link); BBC Persian (external link); BBC Uzbek (external link); BBC World South Asia (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Kabul (U.S. Dept of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Afghanistan (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
- World Factbook: Afghanistan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Afghanistan (external link)
- World Food Programme: Afghanistan (external link)
- Yahoo: Afghanistan (external link)
Last Updated: 02/12/2013
