Aghanistan Internet References

I have been doing some research on Afghanistan since it has many of the same corruption problems as Iraq, but in a different environment.

Here are the reference links collected so far:
vj
=========================================================
Websites to Review for Information on Afghanistan (AFG)

1. About.com website on

Afghanistan

- http://asianhistory.about.com/od/afghanista1/p/ProfAfghanistan.htm

2. US State Dept. webpage on AFG - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5380.htm

3. Official website of the Afghanistan Government & Ministry of Finance - http://www.afghangovernment.com/  plus the much better designed website for the AFG Ministry of Finance at http://www.mof.gov.af/ and MOF’s anti-corruption page at http://www.mof.gov.af/?lang=en&p=ACP . Here is the website for the MOF Internal Audit Dept. which is the recipient of World Bank training: http://www.mof.gov.af/?lang=en&p=I_Audit

4. ASOSAI (Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions – a region group of UN supported IntoSAI (International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions). This ASOSAI page lists members, including the

Afghanistan

Auditor General who does not have an email or website: http://www.asosai.org/members-directory.htm#Afghanistan

5. US State Dept. Summary of Assistance to AFG from Paris Donor Conference - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jun/105847.htm

6. USAID AFG Website - http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/index.aspx

7. GAO page for Afghanistan Reports - http://searching.gao.gov/query.html?charset=iso-8859-1&ql=&rf=4&qt=afghanistan&Submit=Search

8. 

US

Dept. of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/ then enter

Afghanistan

in search window.

9. Worldbank AFG page: http://www.worldbank.com/af

10. Transparency International (TI) produces the Corruption perception index and AFG ranks 172 out of  179 countries in the 2007 report (

Iraq

is at 178).   There is no TI chapter in AFG. http://www.transparency.org/

11. INL – Could provide expertise & training for AFG Govt Investigators. Like CPI did in

Iraq

. http://www.state.gov/p/inl/

12. Treasury & Dept of Justice – Office of Terrorism & Financial Intelligence (TFI)  Programs to track funds transfers and assets. See also TFFC. http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/

13. IMF – International Monetary Fund - http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm See also http://www.imf.org/external/np/leg/sem/2002/cdmfl/eng/tung.pdf for 2002 IMF white paper on combating fraud and corruption.

14. UN - Convention on Corruption & Anti-Corruption assistance programs. See http://www.unodc.org/afg/ for the UN”s AFG home office, and see http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/AFIndex.aspx for the UN’s AFG home page.

15. State Dept Bureau of Diplomatic Security manages the Rewards for Justice Program - reward to describe fraud & corruption regarding reconstruction – see http://www.state.gov/m/ds/

16. Asian Development Bank - Main ADB AFG page:

http://www.adb.org/Afghanistan/default.asp

Recent ADB audit on problems in AFG ADB programs – see below:

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Integrity/ADB-AFG-Audit-Report/default.asp