Chapter 7
Further reading on Afghanistan
A curated collection of further literature, studies and sources on Afghanistan.
History & Politics
Taliban & International Law
- Web 2021 Anerkennung von Regierungen nach einem Regime Change: Jüngste Entwicklungen in Afghanistan und Myanmar Blog post on government recognition after regime change in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
- Web 2021 Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy Verfassungsblog post on accountability and legitimacy.
- Web 2021 Credentials and the Politics of Representation: What’s in it for the UN? Blog post on credentials and representation politics at the UN.
- Report 2021 Die Chance der Taliban SWP publication on policy towards the Taliban.
- Web 2021 Expert Backgrounder: How Can The Taliban Be Prevented From Representing Afghanistan in the United Nations? Expert blog post on Taliban representation of Afghanistan at the UN.
- Web 2021 How Should Governments Decide Whether or not to Recognise Other Governments International law blog post on recognising governments.
- Paper 2010 Recognition Encyclopedia entry on recognition in international law.
- Press o. J. Taliban bpb dossier article on the Taliban.
- Report 2021 The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Recognition of Governments under International Law Report on recognition of the Taliban government under international law.
- Paper 1981 The New British Policy on Recognition of Governments Journal article on British policy for recognising governments.
- Report 2019 WD 2-017/19 Briefing paper by the German Bundestag research services.
- Report 2021 Wie umgehen mit den Taliban? Afghanistans Nachbarn und die Afghanistanpolitik des Westens SWP study on Afghanistan's neighbours and Western Afghanistan policy.
- Web 2021 Will the Taliban Represent Afghanistan at the UN General Assembly? Blog post on Taliban representation at the UN General Assembly.
Women & Society
- Press 2021 "We Don't Want People to be in a Panic," says Chief of Taliban Morality Police News article on the Taliban's morality police.
- Press 2021 Afghan Women's Hard-won Land Rights Seen at Risk Under Taliban News article on Afghan women's land rights threatened under the Taliban.
- Official 2021 Afghanistan: Women's Full Participation in Public and Political Life is Crucial UN human rights statement on women's participation in Afghanistan.
- Report 2011 Afghanistan's Not-so-hermetic Rural-urban Divide Report on the rural-urban divide in Afghan society.
- Report 2021 Economic Case for Gender Equality in the EU Analysis of the economic benefits of gender equality in the EU.
- Press 2021 Evidence Contradicts Taliban's Claim to Respect Women's Rights News article on the Taliban and women's rights in Afghanistan.
- Data 2021 Gender Quota Database Database on gender quotas in political representation.
- Press 2021 Gender-Based Violence Costs the EU €366 Billion a Year News item on the cost of gender-based violence in the EU.
- Report 2018 Girls' Equality and Education USAID fact sheet on girls' equality and education.
- Report 2012 Promoting Women's Rights in Afghanistan CMI publication on promoting women's rights in Afghanistan.
- Report 2020 Rapid Gender Analysis, Afghanistan Rapid gender analysis on women's situation in Afghanistan.
- Report 2021 Support for Gender Equality: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan Report on U.S. experience promoting gender equality in Afghanistan.
- Press 2021 Taliban Ban Girls from Secondary Education in Afghanistan News article on education bans for girls under the Taliban.
Data & Statistics
- Data 2019 2019 Results Results of the 2019 Social Institutions and Gender Index.
- Data 2021 Afghanistan UN Women country data portal for Afghanistan.
- Data 2021 Afghanistan Population Population data for Afghanistan.
- Data 2021 Gender Development Index 2020 Data source for the 2020 Gender Development Index.
- Data 2021 Gender Inequality Index 2020 Data source for the 2020 Gender Inequality Index.
- Report 2021 Global Gender Gap Report 2021 WEF report presenting the 2021 Global Gender Gap Index.
- Data 2021 Population Ages 0–14 (% of Total Population) – Afghanistan World Bank indicator on Afghanistan's population share aged 0–14.
- Data 2021 The World Factbook: Afghanistan Country data profile of Afghanistan from the CIA World Factbook.
- Data 2021 World Bank Data The World Bank open data portal.
- Data 2021 World Development Indicators: Labor Force Structure Statistical indicators on labor force structure.
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