Afghanistan: The Massacre In Mazar-I Sharif: A report from Human Rights Watch on the August massacre of civilians by Taliban troops in Mazar-i Sharif.
All Our Hopes are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan: Report by Human Rights Watch. Documents widespread abuses in the areas of western Afghanistan controlled by Ismail Khan and in the city of Herat.
Amnesty International: Afghanistan: Human rights reports and news, from 1997 to the present, about the country's people and refugees.
British al-Qaida suspects disappear: Dozens of Taliban and al-Qaida suspects have disappeared from jails in Kabul and are beyond the reach of human rights monitors and diplomats.
CNN: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban: Freelance journalist Saira Shah on an undercover, under-burqa project captures the totalitarian brutality of Taliban rule on film.
Guardian: Behind the Burka: Polly Toynbee. "With such a dearth of satisfactory allies, the coalition should turn to one Afghan group completely ignored so far - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan."
Human Rights in Afghanistan: Derechos presents information and links on human rights in Afghanistan.
Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan: Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.
Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Reports on current concerns including war casualties among Afghan civilians, the use of cluster bombs, and the rights of prisoners of war.
Kabul's Lost Women: The Washington Post reports that many women and girls abducted by the Taliban are still missing.
Paying for the Taliban's Crimes: Human Rights Watch reports on abuses against ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan.
The Taliban and Afghan Women: The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis.
Thousands held by US-led forces: A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban.