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- 'Cautious' UN Optimism on Afghan Aid - United Nations says it believes it can cope with Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, but stresses there are still grave challenges ahead.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1684000/1684527.stm
- 100,000 Afghan Children Facing Death - The Times of India: As many as 100,000 children will die in Afghanistan this winter if sufficient aid does not reach them over the next few weeks, the Unicef representative for Afghanistan says.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=1425446927
- Afghan Humanitarian Rehabilitation Development Organization - AHRDO is an Afghan NGO concentrating on projects in remote areas of the country.
home.istar.ca/~ahrd
- Afghan Refugee Relief Partnership - Four relief and development agencies (Food for the Hungry, World Concern, Northwest Medical Teams, Central Asia Development Agency) work together to help Afghan refugees. Links, press releases and fact sheet.
www.help-afghan-refugees.com
- Afghan Refugees - Aiming at Self-Help - Information on the projects for Afghan refugees in Quetta, Pakistan, and online shop for manufactured products.
www.elizabeth.ch/e/index.html
- Afghan Relief Gets in Via Clever Routes - Organizations are using creativity to bring supplies to remote areas, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/24/MN168970.DTL
- Afghan Women's Mission - Humanitarian organization working to establish hospitals and schools for Afghan women and children refugees in Pakistan. Site provides background information on the plight of Afghan refugees.
www.afghanwomensmission.org
- Afghanistan Information Management Service - AIMS is a joint venture between UNOCHA and UNDP, and dedicated to facilitating coordination of the assistance organisations working in Afghanistan by providing tools and services in the field of information management. They offer up-to-date information on all aspects important for humanitarian aid work in the country.
www.hic.org.pk
- Afghanistan: Land of Exodus - MSNBC presents an article by Preston Mendenhall, who traveled through Afghanistan in May 2001. Displaced by war, Afghans are now fleeing a 2-year drought.
www.msnbc.com/news/564808.asp
- Afghans Eat Grass as Aid Fails to Arrive - The resurgence of rival warlords is stopping relief supplies reaching desperate communities in remote northern mountain settlements.
www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,629653,00.html
- Afghans Return to a Camp of Misery - The UNHCR will have to stop its programs for returning refugees because donor countries don´t keep their promises.
www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,751860,00.html
- America's Fund for Afghan Children - Information on the situation in Afghanistan for children, material for parents and teachers. News and links.
kidsfund.redcross.org
- An Aid-worker's Diary from Afghanistan - Written by a logistician working for Médecins Sans Frontières in northern Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban, the diary offers personal impressions and a large collection of photos.
www.mattias-ohlson.se/msf
- Assistance Afghanistan - United Nations agencies present situation reports, donor alerts, maps and data, organizations, photographs, articles, and links.
www.pcpafg.org
- Assistance by the International Community for the Development of Afghanistan - AIDA is a new non-profit, non-governmental organization in US that promises to provide assistance for the post-conflict reconstruction of Afghanistan.
www.aidafghanistan.com
- Attacks Push Afghanistan to Edge of Humanitarian Catastrophe - The Observer reports that refugees will die of hunger if bombing is not stopped in the next few days. 2 million risk starvation this winter.
www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4281949,00.html
- BBC: Afghan Refugees: How to Help - Resources avaliable for those who want to help the people of Afghanistan.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1606000/1606479.stm
- British Red Cross: Afghan Crisis - Report on their work, news releases, information on how to send Red Cross messages to Afghanistan, links to other Red Cross societies.
www.redcross.org.uk/news_subsection.asp?id=3323
- Bush Signs Relief Act for Afghan Women and Children - The bill authorizes education and health care assistance for Afghan women and children living in their home country and those living elsewhere as refugees.
www.cnn.com/2001/US/12/12/gen.bush.afghanistan
- CARE: Special Report: Afghanistan - The site offers information on the situation in the country and on Care projects, news and stories.
www.careusa.org/newsroom/specialreports/afghanistan
- Chak-e-Wardak Hospital - Detailed information on a hospital project led by the Committee for the Promotion of Medical and Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan (CPHA).
www.afghan-hospitals.com
- Christian Aid: Crisis in Afghanistan - Information on the organisation and its work in Afghanistan. With news, reports, press releases, video clip and map.
www.christian-aid.org.uk/afghanistan/index.htm
- Crisis in Afghanistan - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees describes the refugee situation in Afghanistan and UNHCR operations in the country.
www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/afghan
- Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees - DACAAR is a consortium of three Danish NGOs: MS-Danish Association for International Development, Danish People's Relief Organisation and The Danish Refugee Council. It was established to provide support to Afghan refugees.
www.dacaar.org
- DFID: Emergencies - The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. Their site includes reports on the situation in Afghanistan and the assistance contributed by DFID.
www.dfid.gov.uk
- Disaster about to Hit Afghans - Afghanistan is close to a humanitarian disaster in which thousands are likely to die even if the US stops its bombing campaign, aid groups fear. Tasmania Mercury.
www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,3199725%255E15802,00.html
- ECHO: Afghanistan Crisis - The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) informs on the situation in Afghanistan and the EU´s contribution.
europa.eu.int/comm/echo/en/whatsnew/afg.htm
- Economist.com: Terrified and Hungry - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) believes that as many as 1.5 million more people may flee Afghanistan, most of them heading for Pakistan and Iran, countries that have closed their borders. Background information, map, and related articles.
www.economist.co.uk/World/asia/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=808359
- Help the Afghan Children, Inc. - U.S. based humanitarian organization, delivering aid and maintaining schools and clinics in key Afghan cities.
www.htaci.com
- HRW: No Safe Refuge - The impact of the September 11 attacks on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Afghanistan region. Background information and recommendations.
www.hrw.org/backgrounder/refugees/afghan-bck1017.htm
- Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan - HAWCA is an organisation of Afghan women aiming to enhance the well-being of Afghan women and children.
www.hawca.org/index.htm
- Humanity International for Peace and Prosperity - The organization offers brief information on their projects and contact information.
www.hippusa.org
- Internally Displaced People in Afghanistan - Database covering all issues connected with the situation of Afghan refugees.
www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/IdpProjectDb/idpSurvey.nsf/wCountries/Afghanistan
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Afghanistan - Information on the Afghan Red Crescent Society, report on the country assistance strategy, appeals and reports 1996-2001, news.
www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=14
- International Medical Corps: Afghanistan - The IMC is working in Afghanistan since 1984.
www.imc-la.org/programs/afghanistan.html
- International Rescue Committee: Afghanistan Alert - Information on the Afghanistan programs of the IRC, with news and image gallery.
www.theirc.org/where/index.cfm?locationID=29
- IRIN News: Afghanistan - News on relief, development, social, economic and political affairs, by the Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
www.irinnews.org/AsiaFP.asp?SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=Afghanistan
- Islamic Relief: Afghanistan - Appeals, press releases, videos, and donations.
www.islamic-relief.org.uk/SubMenu/Appeal/afghanistan.htm
- Kabul's Children Learn to Play Again - Report on the Ashiana project that gives thousands of street-working youngsters a safe place to relax and have fun.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200208_23_3_eng.txt
- MEDAIR: Afghanistan - The Swiss-based international humanitarian aid agency offers reports on its programs, background info, a news archive and photos.
www.medair.org/Current%20projects/afghanis.htm
- Merlin: AfghanCrisis - The UK-based NGO gives a short report on their healthcare work in northern Afghanistan.
www.merlin.org.uk/programmes/AfghanCrisis.htm
- MMN: Afghans are in Deep Trouble - Ayaz Ahmed Khan reports that thousands of refugees in camps died from starvation and freezing in winter 2000-2001.
www.mediamonitors.net/ayazahmedkhan1.html
- Oxfam: Crisis in Afghanistan - Humanitarian agency responding to the current crisis in Afghanistan. News updates from the field, background information, concerns, donations, and links.
www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/emerg/afghanistan.htm
- Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Support for Afghanistan - PARSA is a non-government organization working directly with needy people in Kabul. Information on projects and newsletter.
www.parsa-afghanistan.org
- Rediff.com: Afghan Refugees Rue Their Country's Misfortune - Basharat Peer interviews refugees in India.
www.rediff.com/us/2001/oct/09ny1.htm
- Refugees Start Returning Home - Officials worry that a large repatriation may overwhelm Afghanistan. The Washington Post gives the figures and the concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46314-2001Dec14¬Found=true
- ReliefWeb: Afghanistan - Latest major documents on the humanitarian crisis.
www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Afghanistan?OpenDocument&StartKey=Afghanistan&Expandview
- Shuhada Organization - Non-governmental, non-profit organization committed to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan with special emphasis on the empowerment of women and children. News and annual reports.
www.shuhada.org
- Society for Aid to Reconstruct Afghanistan - SARA, a non-profit NGO working for the reconstruction of education and health system in the country, offers information on its´ aims and projects.
sarainc1.org
- Terre des Hommes Afghanistan - The work of this Swiss childrens aid organization within Afghanistan. The humanitarian situation, donations, projects, reports and news.
www.tdhafghanistan.org
- The International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan - The Red Cross describes its activities in the war-torn country. News, annual report.
www.icrc.org/eng/afghanistan
- The Iranian: Limbs of No Body - Commentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an Iranian film-maker who has produced two feature films on Afghanistan, on the reasons for the high mortality and emigration rates. Photo essay by Ali Khaligh.
www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/June/Afghan/index.html
- The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan - A member-based non-governmental organization working with assistance programs within health, education and rural development sectors in rural parts of Afghanistan.
www.sak.a.se
- TimeAsia.com: Bracing for Mayhem - Afghanistan is again facing devastation as the United States plans a substantial military action. Includes current and past news articles, photo gallery, interviews, map, timeline from 1919 to 1998, section on bin Laden, and links.
www.time.com/time/asia/features/afghanistan
- UN Puzzled by New Afghan Refugees - A new wave of refugees is stranded in the border area and waits for permission from Pakistan to move into proper refugee camps.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1739000/1739351.stm
- UN Volunteers Program for Afghans Living Abroad - Short information on the program and contact address.
www.unv.org/volunteers/options/afghans.htm
- UNICEF: Afghanistan - The United Nations Children's Fund reports on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Overview, reports, news, press releases, photo essay, donations.
www.unicef.org/noteworthy/afghanistan
- United Nations: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan - News about the plight of Afghan refugees.
www.un.org/News/dh/latest/afghan/afghan2.htm
- Vital Aid Bridge to Re-open - Uzbekistan agrees to re-open a bridge on its border with Afghanistan, making it possible to speed up vital aid deliveries to refugees.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1698000/1698886.stm
- WashingtonPost.com: The Road of Last Resort - An article by David Finkel about the plight of refugees who have abandoned their homes after 22 years of war and a drought. Photographs and slide show.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=world&contentId=A15359-2001Mar16
- World Vision International: Afghan Humanitarian Crisis - The Christian relief and development organisation presents information on the situation in Afghanistan and reports about its work.
www.wvi.org/wvi/features/Afghanistan/afghanhc.htm
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