After the Taleban
- A guide from the BBC on key figures in Afghan politics following the downfall of the Taliban.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/after_the_taleban/

Suhaila Seddiqi
- BBC portrait of Suhaila Seddiqi, health minister in Afghanistan's new executive council.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695590.stm

BBC News Profile: Dr Abdullah Abdullah
- A portrait of the prominent Northern Alliance spokesmen.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1672882.stm

Sima Samar
- A BBC portrait of Dr Sima Samar, Afghanistan's new deputy premier.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695842.stm

BBC News Profile: Younis Qanooni
- A portrait.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1695218.stm

Female Minister "is Afghan Rushdie"
- Powerful Islamic fundamentalists have launched a fierce attack on Sima Samar, the minister of women's affairs. The Guardian, UK.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,739482,00.html

Yunus Qanooni: Ready to Open Up Cabinet Position
- Interview with the Afghan Interior Minister, by EurasiaNet.
- http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav052202.shtml

Interview with Abdullah Abdullah
- Afghanistan's caretaker foreign minister describes the threats and challenges facing the country's interim administration.
- http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav020802.shtml

Interview with Sima Samar
- While some men were beginning to wake up to women's rights there remains a great deal of work to be done, states the Minister of Women's Affairs.
- http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=19773&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN

The woman who stood up to the Taliban
- Afghanistan's new health minister Dr Suhaila Siddiqi talks to Suzanne Goldenberg.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,638407,00.html