The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance

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The A t o Z Guide 2010
to Afghanistan Assistance
Eighth Edition
AFGHANISTAN RESEARCH AND EVALUATION UNIT
Research for a Better Afghanistan
IMPORTANT NOTE: The information presented in this guide relies on the voluntary contributions
of ministries and agencies of the Afghan government, embassies, development agencies
and other organisations representing donor countries, national and international NGOs, and
other institutions. While AREU undertakes with each edition of this guide to provide the most
accurate and current information possible, details evolve and change continuously. Users
of this guide are encouraged to submit updates, additions, corrections and suggestions
to [email protected].
© 2010 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher, the Afghanistan
Research and Evaluation Unit. Permission can be obtained by emailing [email protected] or by
calling [phone].
Editor: Jay Lamey
Research and writing: Laura Kim
Government: Anna Larson and Jay Lamey
Maps: Mohammad Karim and the map-making team at the Afghan Geodesy and Cartography
Head Office (AGCHO)
Contacts: Sheela Rabani with Laura Kim
Special thanks: Mohammad Yasin Safar, Antonio Giustozzi, Richard Will, Royce Wiles, and Sayed
Mohammad Shah
Cover photograph: Boys looking out onto Band-i-Amir, Bamiyan Province/Gulbudin Elham (AINA)
Cover design: Wakil Wasim
Tab photographs: (A to Z) Spring in Darayim District, Badakhshan Province/Gulbudin Elham (AINA);
(Government) Life Hardship/Oil and Acrylic on Canvas by Khadija Hashemi, 2007 (courtesy of the
Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan); (Documents) Afghanistan’s first juice concentrate
factory/Fardin Waezi (UNAMA); (Maps) Reconstruction/Gulbudin Elham (AINA); (Contacts)
Preparing for Eid-Al-Adha/Fardin Waezi (UNAMA); (Index) Peace Day celebrations/Jawad Jalali
(UNAMA).
AREU gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the governments of Finland, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in publishing the eighth edition of the A to Z Guide
to Afghanistan Assistance.
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Table of Contacts
About the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit .......................................................................ii
About the A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance........................................................................ii
The AREU Library ............................................................................................................................iii
AREU Publications 2009 ................................................................................................................iv
A to Z: Contents ....................................................................................................................................1
Government: Contents .......................................................................................................................73
Background ...................................................................................................................................74
Government in Afghanistan .........................................................................................................74
The Public Sector .........................................................................................................................80
Organogram: Central Government of Afghanistan .....................................................................84
Elections in Afghanistan ..............................................................................................................85
Elections 2009-2010 ...................................................................................................................89
Documents: Contents ........................................................................................................................95
The Constitution of Afghanistan (2004) .....................................................................................96
The Afghanistan Compact (2006) .............................................................................................125
Code of Conduct for NGOs engaged in Humanitarian Action, Reconstruction,
and Development in Afghanistan (2005) .................................................................................141
Maps .................................................................................................................................................153
Contacts: Contents ...........................................................................................................................155
Kabul ...........................................................................................................................................157
Other Provinces ..........................................................................................................................210
Pakistan ......................................................................................................................................259
Index..................................................................................................................................................263
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About the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based
in Kabul. AREU’s mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-
quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture
of research and learning. To achieve its mission AREU engages with policymakers, civil society,
researchers and students to promote their use of AREU’s research and its library, to strengthen
their research capacity, and to create opportunities for analysis, reflection and debate.
AREU conducts research on a wide variety of topics and produces dozens of research publications
each year, ranging from policy-focused briefing papers to comprehensive issues and synthesis
reports. Many are translated into Dari and Pashto. AREU also publishes the annual A to Z Guide
to Afghanistan Assistance and the quarterly Afghanistan Research Newsletter, and maintains a
website (www.areu.org.af). AREU also regularly organises workshops and conferences to facilitate
research use and enable and encourage debate among policymakers and other stakeholders.
AREU was established in 2002 by the assistance community working in Afghanistan and has a
board of directors with representation from donors, the United Nations and other multilateral
agencies, and nongovernmental organisations. AREU currently receives core funds from the
governments of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specific projects
have been funded by the Foundation of the Open Society Institute Afghanistan (FOSIA), The Asia
Foundation (TAF), the European Commission (EC), the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and the World Bank.
About the A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance
Updated each year, the A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance aims to enhance general
understanding of the array of actors, structures and government processes related to aid and
reconstruction efforts in the country. The guide provides: a wide-ranging glossary of assistance
terms, an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government, a series of country and city maps,
key primary documents, and an extensive contacts directory that includes government agencies,
NGOs, donors, and international actors. The guide is also published in Dari and Pashto.
When the first edition of the A to Z Guide was published in 2002, the goal then—as it is now—
was “to provide a guide to the terms, structures, mechanisms and coordinating bodies critical to
the Afghanistan relief and reconstruction effort to help ensure a shared vocabulary and common
understanding.” Over the years the guide increased in scope and size, but has always followed the
same successful model.
This 2010 edition includes an expanded glossary section, a detailed explanation of Afghanistan’s
electoral system as well as a review and analysis of the 2009-10 election cycle, and a variety of new
maps, provided for the first time by the Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office.
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The information presented in the guide relies on the voluntary contributions of agencies and
organisations, and the situation in Afghanistan can change rapidly. Users of the guide are
encouraged to contact [email protected] with suggestions for additions, updates,
corrections or improvements.
The AREU Library
Established in 2003, the AREU Library supports the research activities of AREU and provides public
access to approximately 11,000 titles held about Afghanistan. The library is open to everyone.
Contemporary materials produced inside Afghanistan and materials in Afghan languages are the
focus of collecting, with an emphasis on long-term research value.
The library also aims to make available in Afghanistan research produced overseas about the
country and the region. Materials of all types (books, journal articles, maps, posters, CDs, DVDs,
databases and more) are available for use inside the library (no public borrowing is allowed).
Photocopying facilities are available and the entire collection is listed online (see the “Library”
page of AREU’s website at www.areu.org.af). The library also has over 50 GBs of accumulated
softcopy publications on Afghanistan, all of which are indexed and listed in the library database
and made available for research use (where copyright laws permits).
Since 2004, AREU Library staff have also prepared the Afghanistan Research Newsletter, released
in January, April, July, and October each year, which attempts to broaden and improve access to
new materials from and on Afghanistan. All issues are on the AREU website and the new materials
listed in these newsletters are cumulated in the library database.
Researchers are welcome to visit in person or email inquiries to [email protected]. Library
staff work in collaboration with several other libraries in Kabul and can also suggest sources for
materials not available at AREU.
Library location and opening hours:
AREU Office, Flower St (corner of Street 2)
Sunday to Thursday (closed Friday, Saturday and public holidays)
9:00-12:30 and 13:00-16:00 (8:00-14:00 during Ramazan)
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AREU Publications 2009
These and all other AREU publications are available for download from www.areu.org.af and most
in hardcopy from the AREU office in Kabul (* indicates that a publication or a summary is available
in Dari and Pashto).
• A Holistic Justice System for Afghanistan, by Deborah J. Smith and Jay Lamey
• Community-Based Dispute Resolution Processes in Nangarhar Province, by Deborah J. Smith
• Community-Based Dispute Resolution Processes in Bamiyan Province, by Deborah J. Smith
and Shelly Manalan
• Losing Legitimacy? Some Afghan Views on the Government, the International Community, and
the 2009 Elections, by Noah Coburn *
• Voting Together — Why Afghanistan’s 2009 Elections were (and were not) a Disaster, by Noah
Coburn and Anna Larson *
• Afghanistan Research Newsletter 23 *
• A Closer Look — The Policy and Law-Making Process Behind the Shiite Personal Status Law,
by Lauryn Oates *
• Toward an Afghan Democracy: Exploring Perceptions of Democratisation in Afghanistan, by
Anna Larson *
• Patronage, Posturing, Duty, Demographics: Why Afghans Voted in 2009, by Noah Coburn and
Anna Larson *
• Searching for My Homeland: Dilemmas Between Borders — Experiences of Young Afghans
Returning “Home” from Pakistan and Iran, by Mamiko Saito
• From Access to Impact: Microcredit and Rural Livelihoods in Afghanistan, by Paula Kantor
• Afghanistan Research Newsletter 22 *
• Beyond Poverty — Factors Influencing Decisions to Use Child Labour in Rural and Urban
Afghanistan, by Pamela Hunte
• Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Opportunities for Pro-Poor Agricultural
Growth, by Lorene Flaming
• Policy Note: Improving Mutual Accountability for Aid Effectiveness, by Rebecca Roberts
• Confronting Child Labour in Afghanistan, by Amanda Sim *
• Policymaking in Agricultural and Rural Development, by Adam Pain *
• Poppy Free Provinces: A Measure or a Target?, by David Mansfield
• Research and Development for Better Livestock Productivity, by Euan Thomson
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• Between Discipline and Discretion: Policies Surrounding Senior Subnational Appointments, by
Martine van Bijlert *
• Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for
Strengthening Licit Agricultural Livelihoods, by Alan Roe
• Interrogating Irrigation Inequalities: Canal Irrigation Systems in Injil District, Herat, by Srinivas
Chokkakula
• Water, Opium and Livestock: Findings from the First Year of Farm and Household Monitoring,
by Alan Roe
• Afghanistan Research Newsletter 21 *
• Water Strategy Meets Local Reality, by Kai Wegerich *
• Land Conflict in Afghanistan: Building Capacity to Address Vulnerability, by Colin Deschamps
and Alan Roe *
• Reflections on the Paris Declaration and Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan, by Rebecca Roberts *
• Policymaking in Agriculture and Rural Development in Afghanistan, by Adam Pain and Sayed
Mohammad Shah
• Mutual Accountability in Afghanistan: Promoting Partnerships in Development Aid?, by Marieke
Denissen
• A Historical Perspective on the Mirab System: A Case Study of the Jangharok Canal, Baghlan,
by Vincent Thomas and Mujeeb Ahmad
• Afghanistan’s New Political Parties: A Means to Organise Democratisation? by Anna Larson *
• Decisions, Desires and Diversity: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan, by Deborah J. Smith *
• Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) Formulation Process: Influencing Factors
and Challenges, by Sayed Mohammed Shah
• Afghanistan Research Newsletter 20 *
• The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2009 (Seventh Edition) *
• Delivering on Poverty Reduction: Focusing ANDS Implementation on Pro-Poor Outcomes, by
Paula Kantor, Adam Pain, et al. *
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A to Z: Contents
Afghan Civil Society Forum Organisation (ACSFO) .............................................................................3
Afghan Development Association (ADA) .............................................................................................4
Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO)...................................................................4
Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) .............................................................................................................5
Afghan National Army (ANA) ................................................................................................................5
Afghan National Police (ANP) ..............................................................................................................6
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) .............................................................................................9
Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau (ANCB) .........................................................................................9
Afghan Transitional Authority (ATA) .....................................................................................................9
Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) .....................................................................................................10
Af-Pak ..................................................................................................................................................10
Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) ...............................................................................12
Afghanistan Compact ........................................................................................................................12
Afghanistan Country Stability Picture (ACSP) ...................................................................................13
Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) ...........................................................................................14
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) ......................................................14
Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) ......................................................................15
Afghanistan New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) ...........................................................................18
Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) .............................................................................................19
Afghanistan Parliamentary Assistance Project (APAP) ....................................................................20
Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) ................................................................................21
Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program (AREDP) .......................................................22
Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) .....................................................................23
Alternative Livelihoods (AL) ...............................................................................................................25
Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS)........................................................................................25
Berlin Meeting and Declarations ......................................................................................................26
Bonn Agreement ................................................................................................................................27
Budget .................................................................................................................................................27
Calendars in Afghanistan ..................................................................................................................27
Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) ...............................................................................................28
Civil Service Commission...................................................................................................................29
Coalition Forces (CF) ..........................................................................................................................29
Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF 101) .............................................................................................30
Combined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan (CSTC-A) ...................................................30
Community Development Council (CDC) ..........................................................................................30
Consultative Group (CG) ....................................................................................................................30
Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) ..........................................................................................................31
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) .............................................................................31
Counter-Narcotics (CN) ......................................................................................................................32
Counter Narcotics Trust Fund (CNTF) ................................................................................................35
Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) ................................................................35
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Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) ..................................................................................35
Development Assistance Database (DAD) .......................................................................................36
Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ..........................................................................................36
Emergency Loya Jirga (ELJ) ...............................................................................................................37
Enhancing Legal and Electoral Capacity for Tomorrow (ELECT)......................................................37
European Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) ...........................................................................38
Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) ...............................................................39
Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC) ........................................................................40
Hague Conference on Afghanistan ...................................................................................................40
Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) .......................................................................................................40
Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) ..............................41
Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) .....................................................................42
Independent Election Commission (IEC) ..........................................................................................44
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ................................................................................45
Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) ............................................................................47
Justice Sector Reform (JSR) ..............................................................................................................48
Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) .........................................................................50
Laws in Afghanistan ...........................................................................................................................50
London Conferences ..........................................................................................................................51
Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) ................................................52
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ..........................................................................................52
Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) .............................................................................53
National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) ...............................................................54
National Budget .................................................................................................................................55
National Development Framework (NDF) .........................................................................................56
National Human Development Report (NHDR) ................................................................................57
National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) ......................................................................57
National Solidarity Programme (NSP) ...............................................................................................58
National Surveillance System (NSS) .................................................................................................59
NGO Legislation and Code of Conduct .............................................................................................60
Office of Administrative Affairs and Council of Ministers Secretariat (OAA/CMS) .........................61
Paris Conference ................................................................................................................................61
Policy Action Group (PAG) ..................................................................................................................62
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) ........................................................................................63
Provincial Development Plan (PDP) ..................................................................................................63
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) ..............................................................................................64
Public Administration Reform (PAR) ..................................................................................................65
Rome Conference on Justice and Rule of Law .................................................................................65
Security Sector Reform (SSR) ............................................................................................................65
Southern and Western Afghanistan and Balochistan Association for Coordination (SWABAC) ....67
Tokyo Meetings ...................................................................................................................................67
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) .........................................................68
United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) .......................................................69
United Nations Coordination in Afghanistan, 1998-2010 ...............................................................71
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